NAFDAC uncovers toxic expired additives in Lagos, arrests suspects
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has uncovered a massive illicit operation involving the sale of counterfeit chemicals, expired food flavors, unauthorized fertilizers, and repackaged pharmaceutical raw materials in Lagos’s Alapere area.
The agency, in a statement, disclosed that the operation led to the arrest of several suspects and the sealing of three warehouses filled with dangerous substances.
NAFDAC Director of Investigation and Enforcement, Martins Iluyomade, told journalists that the raid followed credible intelligence about a criminal network engaged in large-scale food and chemical counterfeiting.
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Iluyomade described the agency’s action as its campaign carried out to protect the health of Nigerians, stressing that individuals posing as legitimate business operators while engaging in activities that seriously endanger public health.
According to him, the offence was the sale and repackaging of expired chemicals, some of which were dangerously redirected for use in food and drug production.
He explained that several controlled substances and high-risk materials, including fertilisers requiring special clearance from the National Security Adviser, were found stocked without any authorisation.
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