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KEBS Bans Dola, Kifaru, Jembe Ugali And Others Over High Aflatoxin
Following market surveillance of maize meal flour, the Kenya Bureau of Standards has banned several maize flour brands that don’t meat the threshold of healthy food given ugali bring a staple food in Kenya.
Kebs has established that certain maize meal doing supplies in the country are poisonous supplying higher than standardized aflatoxin in the market.
The Kenya Bureau of Standard has therefore ordered manufacturers to recall five maize flour brands from the market citing high levels of aflatoxin. The brands are Dola Maize Meal, Kifaru Maize Meal, Starehe Maize Meal, 210 Maize Meal, Jembe Maize Meal.
Be careful not to buy any of the below products until a clean bill of health is given.
Following continued market surveillance as well as multiple public reports, @KEBS has noted that some brands of maize meal products (Unga wa Ugali) offered for sale do not meet the requirements of Kenya Standards.
We, therefore, wishes to inform the public that: pic.twitter.com/9HnHZ4uPIm— KEBS KENYA (@KEBS_ke) November 9, 2019
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