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Competition Authority orders bakers to disclose full information on bread packaging

Competition Authority of Kenya asked the manufacturers to also print the day and month the product was manufactured on the wrapper. [File, Standard]

The Competition Authority of Kenya (CAK) has ordered bread manufacturers to disclose full information concerning the product with effect from Monday, May 24. 

In a statement, the Authority’s Director-General Wang’ombe Kariuki ordered all the manufacturers of bread to correctly indicate the expiry date on the packaging and clearly specify the vitamins and minerals used in the fortification of their product.

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