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– Consumers,Bruce Rondon Venezuela Jersey, supermarkets,Daniel Murphy USA Jersey, shops and grocery stores warnedNational Milling Company of Guyana Inc. (Namilco) says that unauthorized distribution of a white substance packaged as flour in a 4.5 kg bag marked Product of Guyana is in circulation,Jim Henderson Canada Jersey, and consumers are being warned to beware.“We would like to inform the public that we have not authorized anyone to re-package our products. In fact we have been dissuading supermarkets,Andrew McCutchen USA Jersey, shops and grocery stores from doing so as it is unhygienic.We are the only flour miller in Guyana and we can safely say from our tests that this white substance is not Namilco’s flour,Chris Leroux Canada Jersey, Namilco,Shane Dawson Canada Jersey, Managing Director,Danny Duffy USA Jersey, Bert Sukhai noted.The Managing Director further explained that someone or a company is selling a white substance as flour packed in a 4.5 kg bag marked Product of Guyana.The bag is labeled “Regal Superior Quality Long Grain Rice Packed for Regal Distributors Ltd. Kingston Free Zone,Alex Bregman USA Jersey, Jamaica” and carries no expiry or manufacture date.This,Adam Loewen Canada Jersey, he said was discovered on a visit to Linden this week “we have noticed a lot of these packages being sold. Whoever is doing the packaging of this product is putting people’s lives and health at risk.We have written the Food and Drug Department and the Guyana National Bureau of Standards in this regard and hope they will take corrective action.”Adding that Namilco will not accept responsibility for any repercussions emanating from the consumption of this product, Sukhai said the company is an ISO 9001 certified company and would adhere to strict guidelines and Standards. |
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