Kenyans could have been exposed to poisonous commodities after the Kenya Bureau of Standards flagged a 2-million-kilogram rice consignment.
According to KEBS, the flagged consignment imported from Pakistan in September and October of this year, was deemed unfit after failing the aflatoxin test.
The bureau stated that the test results showed the rice contained a higher percentage of aflatoxin than allowed, making it unfit for human consumption.
The report further indicates that a consignment of 83,000 bags of 25kg rice was ferried from the Kilindini port in Mombasa to Nairobi, where it was repacked and redistributed to several wholesale and retail outlets.
The crackdown done only managed to seize 23,000 kg.
Market surveillance officers from KEBS confiscated the poisonous rice at the Central Business Park, located within Nairobi’s industrial area.
However this is not the first time that Kenyans have found themselves consuming poisonous or even substandard commodities. In an analogous situation, three months ago, 32 million litres of cooking oil was flagged by KEBS after it illegally found its way into the markets.
