PORT HARCOURT—AFTER campaign and comprehensive on-the- spot- assessment of loaves of bread in Rivers State, National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has declared bread in the state free from potassium bromate.

Giving the assurance in the state capital, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, Rivers State Coordinator, Mrs. Mercy Ndukwe, said  that the state achieved 100 per cent success in the annual bread monitoring exercise due to effective regulation and enlightenment campaign by the agency over the years on the harmful effect of using potassium bromate in bread baking.