The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, says it has seized 24 cartons of expired Maggie cube seasoning, worth N4.5 million in Sokoto.
NAFDAC Coordinator in the state, Garba Adamu, told newsmen on Thursday that the agency’s patrol team made the seizure while the owner was apprehended and sanctioned accordingly.
Adamu said some traders had capitalized on the non-checking of levels and expiry dates of products to transport expired or about-to-expire goods into the markets.
According to the NAFDAC boss, the estimated street value of the products being destroyed is N535 million.
“I have said it on several platforms that drug counterfeiting is an act of economic sabotage, and it also represents a serious threat to public health, and NAFDAC under my watch has been repositioned to fight this menace.”
”The agency has adapted proactive approach by engaging political, traditional, faith leaders, journalists and other Nigerians to sensitize their wards on the dangers of dealing with substandard and falsified medicine.”
He noted that many people lack education on how to get certification for their products, stressing that it is the reason why most goods from Nigeria are rejected abroad.
“We are aware of government policy on zero rejection of Nigeria products, we have a policy called product certification in which a certificate is issued on products made in Nigeria that are to be exported.”
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