Plastic Rice Also Called Fake Rice Are Selling Into Markets

Category : Social

He said the rice was very sticky after it was boiled and "only God knows what would have happened" if people ate it.

پلاسٹک سے چاول بنانے کی ترکیب سب سے پہلے چائنہ نے بنائی جبکہ سب سے پہلے پلاسٹک کے چاول نائجیریا میں پکڑے گئے ، جب نائجیریا میں پلاسٹک کے چاول پکڑے گئے تو دنیا حیران رہ گئی کیونکہ یہ بلکل اصل چاول کی طرح ہی تھے۔Nigeria has confiscated 3 tonnes of "plastic rice" smuggled into the country by unscrupulous businessmen, the customs service says.

Lagos customs chief Haruna Mamudu said the fake rice was intended to be sold in markets during the festive season.

He said the rice was very sticky after it was boiled and "only God knows what would have happened" if people ate it.

It is not clear where the seized sacks came from but rice made from plastic pellets was found in China last year.

Rice is the most popular staple food in Nigeria. The BBC's Peter Okwoche says it is the only foodstuff that crosses cultural and ethnic lines across the country.

Since early 2011, social media rumors have asserted plastic rice was being manufactured in China, exported, and consumed by people in other countries unaware the rice they were eating was in fact not a food at all.

Between 2011 and 2016 the story intermittently made the social media rounds, losing even the very basic details from unfounded reports that the faux food was purportedly fabricated from other edible starches (such as sweet potato or potato) and distilling it simply to an issue of “plastic rice.

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