Guinness denies usage of expired raw materials

Mr Sesan Sobowale, the Director,
Corporate Relations in Guinness Nigeria,
on Friday denied that the company ever
used raw materials considered to be
expired by NAFDAC.
He said that the company had already
gotten extension on the ‘best before date’
from the supplier of the malt extract in
question.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls
that NAFDAC imposed one billion naira
fine on Guinness over alleged usage of
expired raw materials in the company’s
production lines.
Sobowale told journalists in Lagos that the
company usually considered due process in
the way it destroyed expired raw
materials.
Sobowale said that the company usually
destroyed its expired products and
materials at Ado-Ado in Ogun State with
relevant documents from government.
Sobowale, also the Company Secretary,
said that prior to the day NAFDAC visited
the warehouse, it had fumigated the place
in Oct. 25 to prevent rodents from
entering the warehouse.
He also said that the company, upon
receiving a letter from NAFDAC, replied
NAFDAC with the documents seeking
approval on the extension of “best before
date”.
Sobowale said that Guinness also got
relevant papers from the Ado-Ode Local
Goverment on disposal of expired raw
materials.
Other papers presented included the
certificate on the pest control treatment
from a company called AC Fumen
International and the FSSC 2200 ISO
certificate
The Managing Director of Guinness
Nigeria, Mr Peter Ndegwa, said that the
company would not compromise on the
highest standards of quality which were in
line with globallly accepted code of
manufacturing practice.
He said that those standards had also be
so-certified by NAFDAC and the Standards
Organisation of Nigeria (SON).
Ndegwa said that company believed more
in its reputation than the financial
benefits it gained from the sale of its
products