Lagos High court rules Coca-Cola products poisonous
Highlights: Lagos High court rules Coca-Cola products dangerous when mixed with Vitamin C. Court orders Fanta, Sprite bottles to carry health warning and awards damages. Consumers of Sprite and Fanta should have their concern heightened as a Lagos High court judge ruled that the Coca-Cola products could be "poisonous." The court held that high levels of benzoic acid and sunset additives in the popular soft drink could be risky to consumers' health when mixed with ascorbic acid, commonly known as Vitamin C. Justice Adedayo Oyebanji ordered the Nigerian Bottling Company (NBC) to place written warnings on Fanta and Sprite bottles against drinking them with vitamin C, and awarded costs of two million naira ($6,350) against the National Agency For Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) for failing to ensure health standards. "It is manifest that NAFDAC has been grossly irresponsible in its regulatory duties to the consumers of Fanta and Sprite m...
