Not less than 10 people have died and 400 persons hospitalised due to drinking of an expired citric acid powdered drinks in Kano state.
The State Commissioner of Health Aminu Ibrahim Tsanyawa, made this Known on Thursday in a video which was made available to pressmen in Kano state.
Tsanyawa, in the short video, revealed that 50 patients among those that are hospitalised are undergoing kidney related treatment due to the complications from the consumption of the expired product.
The commissioner therefore advised the public to avoid the consumption of the citric acid powdered drinks during this Ramadan period.
”As you are aware, the Ministry of Health had in the recent past announced the outbreak of a strange disease traceable to the consumption of substandard juices.
“The consumption of these fake or substandard products has telling effects on the kidney, and vital organs of the body,” he stated
It is worthy of note that the Consumer Protection Council has been investigating the incident, conducting searches in Kano markets and making seizures.
Batches of some of the products show that the drinks had expired over a year ago.