The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has impouded about 400 bottles of fake, substandard and injurious Mayonnaise cream in Abakpa-Nike Community Market in the Enugu metropolis.
A statement by the Public Relations Officer of SON in Enugu, Paul Iorkyaa, said the raid was carried out after a complaint of fake and injurious BAMA mayonnaise by a public-spirited individual to the SON Markets Desk Office in Enugu.
“A public-spirited individual on July 13 in the organisation’s Ogbete Main Market Desk Office complained of fake, substandard and injurious BAMA Mayonnaise purchased from Abakpa-Nike Community Market.
Mr Paul Iorkyaa explained that after due market surveillance by the desk officers, a market raid led by the Head of Department SON Enugu Market Desk Office, Mrs Maryrose Ugwueche, was successfully carried out.
He noted that during the raid, it was discovered that different brands of foreign Mayonnaise with no certification mark, traceability and some of which had expired were relabelled with the fake label of BAMA Mayonnaise.
Iorkyaa said the raid attracted a great number of consumers who were grateful to SON for the good work of evacuating the unwholesome products.
“The raid gave room for a brief sensitisation to the need to patronise only products certified by SON under its MANCAP and SONCAP Scheme with a display of MANCAP logo of some certified products around,” Iorkyaa said.
The SON spokesman added that further investigation was still on over the matter.