NAFDAC uncovers faux alcohol web site in Lagos, destroys N30 million value of merchandise 

The Nationwide Company for Meals and Drug Administration and Management (NAFDAC) has uncovered a counterfeit alcohol manufacturing web site on Offin Highway, Balogun, Lagos Island, following a public criticism.

The location, a store transformed right into a faux alcohol manufacturing hub, was raided on Monday.

Assorted counterfeit drinks have been destroyed on-site, whereas packaging supplies, empty bottles, and repackaged drinks have been seized.

NAFDAC revealed in a press release shared through its official X deal with, that the estimated worth of the destroyed and confiscated gadgets exceeds N30 million.

The company introduced that it has initiated additional investigations and suggested customers to buy alcoholic drinks solely from respected distributors.

It additionally urged the general public to report suspicious merchandise or actions to the closest NAFDAC workplace.

Extra Insights 

Nairametrics not too long ago reported that NAFDAC dismantled unlawful alcohol packaging operations at Article Market in Abule-Osun, Lagos State.

• Throughout the raid, over 50,000 counterfeit branded labels and packaging supplies for faux alcoholic drinks, valued at roughly N2 billion, have been confiscated.”
• Additionally, the company has additionally shut down one other counterfeit alcoholic manufacturing unit in Abuja and Kaduna.
• Whereas intensifying its marketing campaign towards counterfeit alcohol, NAFDAC dismantled a bootleg manufacturing operation in Lugbe, Abuja about just a few weeks in the past.
• The raid uncovered massive portions of faux alcoholic drinks and expired components with altered dates, underscoring NAFDAC commitments to clamping down on harmful, substandard items.
• Within the operation led by Shaba Mohammed, director, of NAFDAC’s Federal Process Pressure and its enforcement groups, the company seized the counterfeit alcoholic drinks and gear utilized in repackaging these merchandise in reused bottles.

“This operation is a part of a broader effort to focus on hotspots for counterfeit items,” mentioned Mohammed. “Lugbe has turn into a focus for producing and distributing these faux alcoholic merchandise, with bottles labelled to imitate common manufacturers and expiration dates altered to deceive customers. 

The confiscated merchandise have been packed in residential settings, the place counterfeiters relied on imitation packaging supplies to provide fraudulent variations of common alcoholic drinks. Tamanuwa Andrew, deputy director of investigation and enforcement for NAFDAC in Kaduna, reported comparable findings in Wuse Market and Mararaba, a group bordering the FCT and Nasarawa.

“We’ve seen a rise in unregistered natural cures and pharmaceutical merchandise alongside counterfeit alcohol,” mentioned Andrew.” Our surveillance is ongoing, with the intention of clearing these merchandise from the markets and defending public well being ”