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.
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