Chinese supermarket under NAFDAC investigation for selling unregistered products

The National Agency for Food
and Drug Administration and
Control (NAFDAC) has commenced investigating
Danyang Trade and Laofang
Chinese Food Supermarket,
Lagos, for allegedly importing
and distributing unregistered
products.

The Director-Genera l of NAFDAC, Dr Paul Orhii, who
was represented by Mr
Kingsley Ejiofor, Head of
Investigation and
Enforcement Directorate of
the agency, made the disclosure at a news
conference in Lagos on Friday.


He said the supermarket,
located at F17/18 H6, Oba
Elegushi International Market
Ajah, Lagos, had 20 types of unregistered products labelled
in a foreign language without
interpretation.


" As at the time of
investigation, 20 unregistered
products labelled in Chinese language without English
translation were discovered in
their outlets.


"It might interest you to
know that imported eggs –
Tenge Egg, were among the products found in the
premises.


"The offending products have
been evacuated to our
warehouse and the suspects
have been interrogated and the investigation is on-going,"
he said.


Orhii said that the agency
would continue to strive to
ensure that Nigerians had
good quality, safe and wholesome regulated
products.
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