Federal Department of Fisheries (FDF) has destroyed 15 containers of unwholesome frozen fish in Lagos.
The consignments were said to have been imported by a company named Food Solution Nigeria Limited.
The containers were evacuated by FDF from Sifax Off-Dock Terminal at Trinity, along the Oshodi/Apapa Expressway, to prevent the spoiled fish from getting to the market.
According to FDF‘s Deputy Director, Mrs. Olabisi Adepegba, a Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), which shipped the containers into the country, would pay for the cost of destruction.
She said of the company’s frozen fish-filled containers, 15 were laden with spoilt fish.
The evacuated containers were taken to Lagos State Waste Management Authority’s dumpsite at Epe, where the products were destroyed, after which a destruction certificate was issued to the shipping company and a copy to FDF for record purposes.
Adepega noted that those involved were reluctant to bear the cost of evacuating and destroying the products.
She stated that the FDF had a mandate to protect the public and prevent unwholesome fish from getting to the market.
The General Manager, Sifax Offdock, Oliver Omajuwa, said the consignment came in a batch of 43 containers, of which 15 were condemned and 28 had been taken delivery of and certified for consumption by the FDF.
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