“(Business in Cameroon) - I would like through this email, to inform you that refined vegetable oils not enriched with vitamin A are, to date, being sold by the supermarket Super U and in Douala’s open markets”, indicated Jacquis Kemleu Tchagbou in an email sent to the regional Trade Delegate for the Littoral region.

The General Secretary (SG) of the Association of Oleaginous Refiners of Cameroon (ASROC), who substantiated his email with pictures showing Super U shelves, as well as a receipt for the purchase of non-enriched vegetable oils, solicits “the urgent intervention” of the public authorities, “in this period of high production at the local level, to protect the health of consumers, the national economy …”.

Indeed, explains the SG of ASROC, in addition to not complying with the technical regulation NC 77 on the requirement of enriching vegetable oils sold in Cameroon with vitamin A, some oils sold by the French retailer Super U in Douala do not comply with “standard NC 04 on the labelling of pre-packaged food products” either, which enable consumers to get information on the different components in the oils, as well as their use.

BRM