NIMULE – The South Sudan National Bureau of Standards (SSNBS), said its has re-exported three consignments of maize flour through the Nimule entry point, in line with its mandate to safeguard public health and ensure compliance with national standards.
SSNBS said its decision followed laboratory tests which revealed that the consignments exceeded the permissible levels of aflatoxin.
“As a result, the products were deemed unfit for consumption and were subsequently re-exported to their country of origin,” the agency said in a statement.
It adds that the action reaffirms SSNBS’s commitment to protecting consumers and upholding quality standards for all goods entering or exiting the Republic of South Sudan.
South Sudan, which is the biggest importer of Ugandan goods in the region, is being flooded with substandard good prompting the standards agency to adopt tougher measures to ensure consumer safety.
In recent years, dozens of trucks containing goods contaminated by cancer-causing aflatoxin chemical and poorly stored or expired merchandise have been sent back or seized and dumped.
