Posted on: Sat 30-08-2014

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has sealed seven shops and confiscated contraband and fake food products worth millions of Naira in Kano. A statement from NAFDAC’s public Relations Unit and signed by Mr. Anslem Okonkwor, stated that in the special raid carried out by the Enforcement Directorate of the Agency under tight security and accompanied by journalists, six of the affected shops were located at the popular Singer Market while the other shop was situated at Galadima area in Sabon Gari. Assistant Director (Enforcement), Mr. Shaba Mohammed, who led the operation, stated that the essence of the operation which was to measure the level of compliance to regulation particularly on food products. “The items of interest in today’s operation are mainly sugar, flour, vegetable oil and macaroni or spaghetti which is a contraband. In fact we don’t want to see any of these products imported into Nigerian markets because they are contraband products,” he said.

He lamented that the environment where the seized palm oil was being repackaged at one of the affected shops was completely unhygienic and as such unacceptable to the agency. “The environment where these things were being done is very dirty and unhygienic that is why we sealed off the place. The vehicles being used to bring the palm oil are tankers for petroleum products and this is also unacceptable,” he said.

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