Court Issues Warning That Taking Fanta And Sprite With Vitamin C Is Poisonous

A Lagos high court has ordered NAFDAC to mandate the NBC(Nigeria Bottling Company)PLC the makers of Fanta & Sprite soft drinks to have a written warning on their products,that the content of their bottles cannot be taken with Vitamin C;that is if you consume their soft drinks desist from taking Vitamin C as it is poisonous for human consumption.


The judgement which was delivered by Justice Adebayo Oyebanji clearly states that taking Fanta & Sprite with Vitamin C is poisonous.The court also reprimanded NAFDAC for failing to protect it's citizens.

This very judgement was a continuation of a suit filed by Lagos businessman,Dr Emmanuel Fijabi Adebo and his company Fijabi Adebo Holdings Limited against the Nigeria Bottling Company PLC and NAFDAC.

The reason behind all these is that sometimes in March 2007,Fijabi Adebo Holdings company purchased from Nigeria Bottling Company a large amount of Coca-cola,Fanta Lemon,Sprite,Fanta Pineapple,Fanta Orange and Soda water for export to the United Kingdom to supply to their customers over there,of course,when these products got there,health issues were raised which led to investigations and findings that the said products contained,''excessive levels of sunset yellow and benzoic acid'',which of course is unsafe for you and i.