Nigeria to adopt African Standards on Sugar, Glucose

APRIL 27, 2018 EDITOR NO COMMENTS

Nigeria is set to harmonize its standards with other African countries by adopting the African Standards on sugar and sugar
products as well as develop Nigeria Industrial Standards for Glucose and Sucrose.

A technical committee chaired by the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) met recently at its Lagos office to consider
adoption of some African Standards under the aegis of African Organisation for Standardization (ARSO) and the development of
other Nigeria Industrial Standards.
The Director-General, Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), Mr.Osita Aboloma, said that “the draft standards on sugar are
very important as they affect everyday life to their wide usage as sweeteners for human consumption and as raw materials along
the food value chain”.

“It is therefore imperative for Nigeria to develop standards that take into cognizance these salient factors in a bid to forestall
threat to life, waste of resources and to boost the quality of products both for local consumption and exports”, he said.

While explaining Nigeria’s contribution to ARSO’s efforts towards harmonizing standards within the African continent, the DG
said Nigeria will benefit from the adoption of these harmonized standards through increased trade opportunities and
competitiveness of its goods and services at both African, sub-regional and global levels.
The standards considered for adoption at the meeting were: ARS 875-2017 Raw Cane Sugar, ARS 876-2017 Brown Sugar, ARS
58-2017 White Sugar Specification, and Determination of Lactose Content by High Performance Liquid Chromatography.

The draft Nigeria Industrial Standards also considered during the meeting were for glucose and sucrose.

Participants at the meeting included representatives of Institute of Public Analysts of Nigeria (IPAN), Federal Institute of
Industrial Research Osodi (FIIRO), BUA Sugar Ltd., Dangote Sugar and National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and
Control (NAFDAC).

Other participants were firms drawn from a cross section of the beverage industry including Promasidor Nigeria Limited, Coca-
Cola Nigeria Limited, FrieslandCampina WAMCO, and the Consumer Protection Council (CPC).

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BUSINESS, NEWSCOMMENTS By Prince Okafor Nigeria is set to adopt African standards
on Sugar and sugar products as well as develop Nigeria Industrial Standards, NIS, for
Glucose and Sucrose. Towards this end, a technical committee meeting on sugar and sugar
products has been held at the Standards Organisation of Nigeria , SON, operational
headquarters, Lekki, Lagos, recently to consider the adoption of some African Standards
under the auspices of African Organization for Standardization (ARSO) and the
development of other Nigeria Industrial Standards. At the meeting, Director General of
SON, Mr. Osita Aboloma, said the current trends in the processing of sugar has
necessitated the elaboration of new standards because the quality of raw materials along
the food value chain, the technological procedures and the handling determines to a large
extent, as well as guarantees the quality of the finished products. “It is therefore imperative
for Nigeria to develop standards that take into cognizance these salient factors in a bid to
forestall threat to life, waste of resources and to boost the quality of products both for local
consumption and exports”, he said. While alluding to Nigeria’s contribution to ARSO’s
efforts towards harmonizing Standards within the African continent Aboloma said Nigeria
stands to benefit from the adoption of these harmonized standards through increased trade
opportunities and competitiveness of its goods and services at both the African, sub
regional and global levels. These, he said are in line with the policy thrust of the government
to diversify the economy and improve non-oil exports to which SON is in a key position of
adding value, through standardization and quality assurance. Standards considered for
adoption at the meeting were; ARS 875-2017 Raw Cane Sugar; ARS 876-2017 Brown
Sugar; ARS 58-2017 White Sugar Specification and Determination of Lactose Content by
High Performance Liquid Chromatography. The draft Nigeria Industrial Standards also
considered during the meeting were for Glucose and Sucrose.

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