From
Leinyuy Marilyn in Bamenda
A total of thirty three
bakeries in the North West region have tasted the wrath of the ministry of
public health for not complying with the laws surrounding the hygienic
conditions of the domain. Among the thirty three bakeries, four of them have
been closed down indefinitely, 14 warned while 15 others suspended till further
notice.
According to a
communiqué signed by the minister of public health, Andre Mama Fouda on October
31, 2014, the victim bakeries were illegally using saccharin and or potassium
bromated (carcinogenic product) in bread-making which according to the minister
are forbidden by Codex Alimentarius (International Food Standard) and equally
disallowed by the national food standard (NC 63: 2002-20). The bakeries
closed-down include Ben Bakery- Batibo, Winners’ Bakery-Batibo, Family Modern
Bakery-Mbengwi and Saint Bernard Bakery in Bamenda III.
The communiqué also
states that fifteen suspended bakeries have been operating in severe unhealthy
conditions and malpractices. The said bakeries include: Our Lady Special
Bakery- Bafut, Bali Best Bread Bakery-Bali, International Bakery-Bamenda II,
Our Favourite Bakery- Bamenda II; Pee Bread Bakery-Bamenda II, Muchuo Eric
Bakery-Bamenda II, Confidence Bakery-Bamenda III, Ferdinand Special Bread
Bakery-Bamenda III, Glorious Bakery- Bamenda III, MECIG Bakery-Bamenda III,
Young Boy Bakery (Y.B.B)- Bamenda III, Molo Molo Bakery-Bamenda III, C and Bros
Bakery-Bamenda III, Alhadji Bakery-Batibo and Muswe Bakery in Mbengwi.
The fourteen bakeries
that received warning have also been given a maximum of three months to correct
their poor hygienic conditions and malpractices. They include SAJOCAH
Bakery-Bafut, Emmanuel Sister Bakery-Bafut, Kave Bakery-Bamenda II, A &G
Bakery- Bamenda II, Oska Best Bread Bakery-Bamenda II, Best Bread Bakery-
Bamenda II, Imagine Bakery-Bamenda II, Prince Bakery-Bamenda II, Patisserie
Bakery-Bamenda II, King Claude Best Bread Bakery-Bamenda III, Top Star
Bakery-Bamenda III, Emeka First Choice Bakery-Bamenda III, Mr. Baker
Bakery-Bamenda III and Abi Fall Bakery in Mbengwi.
Few months behind,
several cartons of bread that were seized from the same bakeries were diagnosed
of a dangerous chemical “benchmark” which was medically proven to cause cancer
and other unhealthy complications in the human system. Health officials in the
North West region stormed bakeries to control unhealthy conditions.
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