The
Federal Department of Fisheries on Saturday destroyed 15 containers of frozen
fish allegedly belonging to a company, Food Solution Nigeria Limited.
According
to the Deputy Director of Fisheries, Mrs. Olabisi Adepegba, out of the
company’s frozen fish-filled containers, 15 contained spoilt fishes.
Olabisi
said the firm, Mediterranean Shipping Company, which brought in the fishes,
would pay for the destruction exercise.
The 15
containers were evacuated from Sifax Terminal to Lagos State Waste Management
Authority’s dumpsite, at Epe, where the products were destroyed, after which a
destruction certificate was issued to the shipping company and a copy to FDF
for record purposes.
She
noted that the task of clearing and destroying the 15 containers took some time
because those involved were reluctant to bear the cost of evacuating and
destroying the products.
Olabisi
stressed that the FDD had a mandate to protect the public and prevent
unwholesome fish from getting to the market.
Reacting
to the development, the General Manager of Sifax Duck Yard, Mr. Oliver Omajuwa,
said the consignment came in a batch of 43 containers out of which 15 were
condemned and 28 had been taken delivery of, certified for consumption by the
FDF.
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