NAFDAC seizes contraband products in Kano
(Nigeria )
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has
sealed off seven shops and confiscated contraband food products worth millions
of naira in Kano State .
The NAFDAC Assistant Director (Enforcement), Mr Shaba
Mohammed, disclosed this in Kano on Thursday in
an interview with NAN .
Six of the affected shops were located at the popular Singer
Market, while the other shop was situated at Galadima area in Sabon Gari.
He explained that the operation was conducted on Tuesday to
measure the level of compliance to regulation, particularly on food
products.
``The items of interest in the operation are mainly sugar,
flour, vegetable oil and macaroni or spaghetti which is contraband. In fact, we
don’t want to see any imported macaroni in Nigerian markets because they are
contraband products,’’ he said.
He expressed regret that the environment where the seized
palm oil was being repackaged at one of the affected shops was completely
unhygienic.
Mohammed said that this was 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.
He explained that some of the seized items would have to
undergo test at the laboratory to ascertain the level of their quality before
taking any further action on them.
Mohammed said the country had factories that had the
capacity to meet the local demands of macaroni, hence the decision to ban its
importation into the country.
He said that the agency would continue to carry out similar
operations across the country so as to safeguard the public health.
``The mission and vision of the agency are to safeguard the
public health,’’ Mohammed said.
The operation, which was conducted under tight security, was
led by the assistant director of the agency who came from Lagos .
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