Guinness Denies Using Expired Raw Materials

Mr Sesan Sobowale, the Director, Corporate Relations in Guinness Nigeria, today denied that the company never used raw materials considered to be expired by NAFDAC.

According to him, the company had already gotten extension on the ‘best before date’ from the supplier of the malt extract in question.

Sobowale told journalists in Lagos that the company usually considered due process in the way it destroyed expired raw materials. Also, the company usually destroyed its expired products and materials at Ado-Ado in Ogun State with relevant documents from government.

He also said that the company, upon receiving a letter from NAFDAC, replied NAFDAC with the documents seeking approval on the extension of “best before date”.


The Managing Director of Guinness Nigeria, Mr Peter Ndegwa, said that the company would not compromise on the highest standards of quality which were in line with globallly accepted code of manufacturing practice.

Ndegwa said that company believed more in its reputation than the financial benefits it gained from the sale of its products.