According to the statement sent to Bisrat Radio, the Food and Drug Authority of Ethiopia has urged the public not to use products that are produced without meeting the mandatory standards and labeling requirements of Ethiopia.
Abera Demeke, director of the public communication directorate of the authority, told Bisrat Radio that 91 different types of food products have been banned, including 46 types of iodized salt, 27 types of cooking oil, 10 types of candy, 5 types of achetto, 2 types of peanut butter and 1 vanilla flavored product.
In the inspection of the market by the authorities, they do not meet the Ethiopian mandatory standards and descriptive text requirements. Moreover, the findings during the inspection show that the products mostly do not have the expiration date, the name of the manufacturer, the mandatory level mark, serial number, or the address on the product.
The authorities urged the public not to use the substances that the product should contain, as they are not known in the contract and do not have permission from the relevant health regulatory bodies. As a precautionary measure, the official office urged the public to pay attention and be careful by disclosing the type of product and the gaps found. Detailed information regarding the type of products and the manufacturing companies can be viewed on Bisrat Radio’s social media pages.
Types of products and their brand names
Table salt
1. Saba Iodized Salt
2. Nigat IODIZED SALT
3. NEW LIGHT TABLE SALT ADDIS BERHAN IODIZED SALT
4. Muna table salt (MUNA TABLE SALT)
5. Base table salt / BASE IODIZED SALT
6. GUSTO IODIZED SALT
7. MAK table salt/MAK IODIZED SALT
8. ABAY TABLE SALT
9. MESTURA REFINED & IODIZED SALT
10. MENES IODIZED SALT
11. Mulu Table Salt
12. ERKO IODIZED SALT
13. ARDI IODIZED SALT
14. ZEMEN IODIZED SALT
15. ZEMEN IODIZED SALT
16. IODIZED SALT
17. Fana Table Salt
18. What Danat suggested
19. Som iodized salt
20. GUGSA Iodized Salt
21. SHEGA IODIZED SALT
22. FDAK IODIZED SALT
23. Umi table salt/UMI IODIZED SALT
24. GIZE IODIZED SALT
25. Bamak table salt/bamak Iodized Salt
26. MAZI IODIZED SALT
27. New Table Salt/ADDIS Iodized Salt
28. Table salt/Iodized salt
29. TANA TABLE SALT
30. Tana table salt
31. MAEEDA IODIZED SALT
32. Amin salt / Amin iodized salt
33. HOME-IODIZED SALT
34. GM Table Salt/GM IODIZED SALT
35. GEDA IODIZED SALT / GEDA IODIZED SALT
36. ZAMA Iodized Washed Iodized Salt / ZAMA SALT
37. Sosi Iodized Salt
38. Qualified table salt/Biku iodized salt
39. H.T.F TABLE SALT /H.T.F
40. AFRAN Iodized Salt
41. Emirate Salt / Emirate IODIZED SALT
42. Special Table Salt / Special Iodized Salt
43. LIYA IODIZED SALT
44. AFI IODIZED SALT
45. YUSERA SALT
46. BUZE IODIZED SALT
Cooking oil
1. NEJA Pure Edible Oil
2. Rina Edible Pure Food Oil
3. Yegna Pure Edible Oil
4. Nura Pure Edible Oil
5. HIWOT Edible Cooking Oil
6. Mid Pure Edible Oil / MID Pure Edible Oil
7. Guna Pure Niger Edible Oil
8. New pure cooking oil
9. Nur Pure Edible Oil
10. Nura Pure Edible Oil
11. Sofi Pure Edible Oil
12. Island Pure Food Oil/Deset Pure Food Oil
13. HADI COOKING OIL
14. Arif cooking oil
15. Senea pure food oil
16. Kale Pure Food Oil
17. Nadi pure food oil
18. Selam pure food oil
19. Nunu pure food oil
20. MIFTAH pure food oil
21. Bella Pure Niger Oil
22. Sweet and pure cooking oil
23. Mina pure edible oil
24. Blen Pure Edible Oil
25. Joy Refined Nougat Oil
26. Hadi refined cooking oil
27. Sara Niger Oil
Caramel products
1. Mahi candy
2. Elaala sweet candy
3. Fafi lolipop
4. Elaala lollypop big jar/Elaala lollypop big jar
5. Star candy/KOKEB candy
6. Carmella
7. Carmella
8. MT Lollipop
9. AA candy
10. Candy without any description