Don’t take Coke, Fanta, Sprite with Vitamin C — Court
A Lagos High Court in Igbosere has ordered the National Agency For Food, Drug Administration and Control to, forthwith, mandate the Nigerian Bottling Company PLC, manufacturers of Coke, Fanta and Sprite soft drinks, to include a written warning that the content of the bottles cannot be taken with Vitamin C. In a judgement delivered by Justice Adedayo Oyebanji on Monday, the court warned that taking the soft drinks with Vitamin C is poisonous. The court also declared that NAFDAC has failed Nigerians by its certification as satisfactory for human consumption, products which in the United Kingdom failed sample test for human consumption and which became poisonous in the presence of Ascorbic Acid ordinarily known as Vitamin C, which can be freely taken by unsuspecting members of the public with Fanta and Sprite. The court also awarded a cost of N2 million against NAFDAC. The judgement of the court was sequel to a suit filed by a Lagos businessman, Dr. Emmanuel Fijabi...