By Biola Lawal
Lagos (FLOWERBUDNEWS): The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has smashed an illegal factory producing unregistered cosmetic products in Iba area of Lagos.
A NAFDAC report said that the successful operation followed an
extensive surveillance intelligence efforts by operatives of the Agency, after which the illegal outfit was raided and its operators apprehended.
Various products, including body washes, cleansing soaps, lightening creams, children’s skincare items, and packaging materials were confiscated during the operation.
”The facility has been sealed to halt further production, and one individual is currently in custody for further investigation,” the Agency disclosed.
Meanwhile, NAFDAC Director General, Prof. Moji Adeyeye has reiterated the Agency’s commitment to protecting public health by clamping down on unregulated and unsafe products in the markets.
FLOWERBUDNEWS recall that Prof. Adeyeye had recently directed NAFDAC offices nationwide to increase the tempo of the Agency’s battle against counterfeiters and adulterators of regulated products to safeguard public health.
A commentator on social media (X) simply identified as Bamiji, commended the NAFDAC efforts, urging it to always publicize the names of culprits apprehended.
He wrote:
‘:Can you (NAFDAC) pls be posting the full info of those culprits like EFCC is doing? Including their snapshot. This is getting too much.
‘:We need to let them and their family know the gravity of what they are doing.
I mean a lot of lives are endangered from such consumption.” (FLOWERBUDNEWS)
