{"id":58808,"date":"2024-11-14T06:04:49","date_gmt":"2024-11-14T06:04:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/nafdac-raids-fake-alcohol-factory-in-fct\/"},"modified":"2024-11-14T06:04:49","modified_gmt":"2024-11-14T06:04:49","slug":"nafdac-raids-fake-alcohol-factory-in-fct","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/nafdac-raids-fake-alcohol-factory-in-fct\/","title":{"rendered":"NAFDAC raids fake alcohol factory in FCT"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has raided an illegal alcoholic drink factory in the Lugbe axis of the FCT.<\/p>\n<p>The agency, during the operation, seized adulterated alcoholic beverages and discovered expired salt with altered expiry dates.<\/p>\n<p>NAFDAC, during the enforcement exercise, also intensified efforts to curb the circulation of substandard goods, counterfeits, and rebranded products.<\/p>\n<p>The Director of Investigation and Enforcement for the agency\u2019s Federal Task Force, Mr Shaba Mohammed, told newsmen that the Lugbe area in the FCT has become a hub for producing and distributing substandard alcoholic beverages.<\/p>\n<p>Mohammed noted that imitation brands in the area now carry fake labels of popular alcoholic brands.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the team found premises where counterfeit alcohol was being repackaged in used bottles with fake labels and altered expiration dates.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is one of many recent operations in the FCT, the counterfeit products were manufactured in a residential apartment, using fake packaging materials, often over weekends.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNAFDAC has sealed the facility and summoned those responsible for further investigation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will remove the counterfeit products from the production site, and our Post-Marketing Surveillance Directorate will sweep the market to clear out any remaining items,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>Also speaking, the Deputy Director of Investigation and Enforcement for NAFDAC in Kaduna, Mr Tamanuwa Andrew, reported similar findings in Wuse Market and Mararaba, a community bordering the FCT and Nasarawa.<\/p>\n<p>He noted an increase in unregistered herbal remedies and pharmaceutical products, stating that NAFDAC would intensify surveillance to protect public health.<\/p>\n<p>He stated that penalties for those involved in producing counterfeit goods will be determined following further investigation.<\/p>\n<p>NAFDAC raids fake alcohol factory in FCT<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has raided an illegal alcoholic drink factory in the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":58809,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4061,5097,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fct","category-nafdac","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.9 - 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