Soko unga brand safe for human consumption – Kiambu Health Department

The Kiambu Public Health Department has cleared Soko maize flour as safe for human consumption, saying they have complied with stipulated standards.

In a letter dated 25 November 2019 to Capwel Industries Ltd, Kiambu Chief Health Officer Kamundia Ndung’u said an inspection conducted across the 12 sub-counties between Nov. 18 and Nov. 22, 2019 to ascertain the level of inflatoxins on maize flour brands, SOKO, AMAIZE maize flour brands and dry maize from the factory were found to be in compliance with food standards as stipulated in the Food, Drugs and Chemical Substances Act. CAP 254 L.O.K.

The action by the county follows an earlier memo by the sub-county Public health department that served an alert on high levels of aflatoxins in some samples of SOKO Maize flour collected on diverse dates within Kiambu County.