(NAFDAC DIRECTOR GENERAL PROF. MOJISOLA ADEYEYE)
By Biola Lawal
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has intensified crackdown on Unwholesome and fake products nationwide, sealing 18 warehouses in the past few days.
The warehouses, located in Bida, Niger State, were sealed following the discovery of large quantities of expired food and beverage products valued at over ₦100 million, a NAFDAC Statement signed by Sayo Akintola, the Agency’s Resident Media Consultant, disclosed.
According to the statement;
The warehouses, located around Ndazabo White House along Minna Road and behind Bida Modern Market, were shut after NAFDAC’s Investigation and Enforcement team acted on credible intelligence.
Items recovered during the raid included expired non-alcoholic beverages, dairy milk, candies, bottled water and pasta, some of which were already packaged for distribution.
NAFDAC said that about 80,000 packets of expired non-alcoholic drinks, 5,000 packets of dairy milk, 16,000 packets of bottled water, 28 cartons of pasta and other assorted expired products were uncovered during the operation.
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It said that Managers of the affected warehouses were arrested for interrogation, during which preliminary findings linked the facilities to a company identified as B.Y. Ventures.
”This prompted NAFDAC officials to extend their operation to supermarkets owned by the company in Minna, where additional expired products and counterfeit Goya oil were allegedly found,” it said.
”Both supermarkets were subsequently sealed, while the Managing Director of the company, Alhaji Yusuf Nadabo, was invited for further questioning,” NAFDAC said
NAFDAC said further that the Managing Director admitted ownership of the expired products during interrogation.
The Agency stated that investigations were ongoing and that appropriate regulatory sanctions would be imposed at the conclusion of the process to serve as a deterrent to others.