Guinness denies usage of expired raw materials
Mr Sesan Sobowale, the Director,
Corporate Relations in Guinness Nigeria,
on Friday denied that the company ever
used raw materials considered to be
expired by NAFDAC.
He said that the company had already
gotten extension on the ‘best before date’
from the supplier of the malt extract in
question.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)
recalls that NAFDAC imposed one billion
naira fine on Guinness over alleged
usage of expired raw materials in the
company’s production lines.
Sobowale told journalists in Lagos that
the company usually considered due
process in the way it destroyed expired
raw materials.
Sobowale said that the company usually
destroyed its expired products and
materials at Ado-Ado in Ogun State with
relevant documents from government.
Sobowale, also the Company Secretary,
said that prior to the day NAFDAC visited
the warehouse, it had fumigated the
place in Oct. 25 to prevent rodents from
entering the warehouse.
He also said that the company, upon
receiving a letter from NAFDAC, replied
NAFDAC with the documents seeking
approval on the extension of “best
before date”.
Sobowale said that Guinness also got
relevant papers from the Ado-Ode Local
Goverment on disposal of expired raw
materials.
Other papers presented included the
certificate on the pest control treatment
from a company called AC Fumen
International and the FSSC 2200 ISO
certificate
The Managing Director of Guinness
Nigeria, Mr Peter Ndegwa, said that the
company would not compromise on the
highest standards of quality which were
in line with globallly accepted code of
manufacturing practice.
He said that those standards had also be
so-certified by NAFDAC and the
Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON).
Ndegwa said that company believed
more in its reputation than the financial
benefits it gained from the sale of its
products.
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