By our Reporter
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has declared that Food & Food Integrated Company Limited, makers of BON Bread, is not in violation of any of its regulations.
The agency stated this after conducting a scientific investigation into a viral social media video alleging that a loaf of the company’s bread remained unspoiled for two months.
The controversy began on April 13, 2026, when a blogger, identified as Love Dooshima, posted a video expressing alarm over a loaf she said had remained fresh for nearly two months without going mouldy.
Though she did not mention any brand, BON Bread’s manufacturer claimed the product was theirs and denied the allegation.
The video went viral, prompting the company to serve Dooshima a N50m lawsuit.
She was subsequently detained by the Nigeria Police Force on April 20 after honouring an invitation to the Zone 7 Police Headquarters in Abuja over allegations of cyberstalking, fraud and mischief.
Dooshima was released around 12.30am the following day after the Inspector-General of Police, Olatunji Disu, reportedly intervened.
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission also announced a probe into the matter.
It was against this backdrop that NAFDAC’s Director General, Prof Christianah Adeyeye, disclosed the agency’s findings in a statement released on Sunday.
“Though the complainant did not mention the brand or producer of the said bread, Food & Food Integrated Company Limited claimed that the said bread is produced by the company, and that the allegation was not true,” Adeyeye said.
She said the agency commenced its investigation in view of what it described as “the hue and cry over the internet and the perceived need for NAFDAC to avail the public with evidence-based scientific proof.”
Adeyeye said the agency’s Greater FCT directorate conducted an investigative inspection of the company’s Abuja bakery on April 20, and that bread samples were obtained from both the production facility and the open market on the same day for laboratory analysis.
“Investigation by the agency revealed that the company in question commenced bread production in the year 2006 and has successfully gone through several product license renewals without any penalties or recalls.
“Laboratory findings revealed that calcium propionate was used as preservative, and that the amount of the preservative used was within the limits specified in Codex Alimentarius (Food Code),” Adeyeye said.
She added that the calcium propionate content from the three sets of samples taken from both the production facility and the open market “were satisfactory,” and that “the bread samples analysed did not contain objectionable substances, including bromate and non-nutritive sweeteners.”
Adeyeye said the findings were consistent with established global food safety standards.
“Producers of bread are allowed to engage in practices that may extend the shelf life of their products provided such practices meet the requirements as stipulated in the Codex Alimentarius, a standard endorsed all over the world.
“As a result of the foregoing, the public is hereby informed that the company is not in violation of any of the agency’s regulations,” she said
The NAFDAC DG used the opportunity to advise members of the public against taking complaints about regulated products to social media without first approaching the agency.
“The public is implored to always visit any of the NAFDAC offices nationwide or use our different electronic handles, including the recently launched call centre to lay complaints before going to the social media to speak on any issues concerning regulated products. This will ensure that such matters are discreetly and thoroughly investigated,” she said.
