NAFDAC Uncovers Residential Building Stockpiling Over 100 Sacks Of Empty Alcohol Bottles For Suspected Counterfeiting

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has uncovered a residential constructing in Lagos the place empty bottles of assorted alcoholic beverage manufacturers had been allegedly stockpiled for provide to suspected counterfeiters.

The company’s Investigation and Enforcement Directorate found the bottles at 322B Meiran Road, Agbado Oke Odo, Lagos, following what it described as credible intelligence.

In a video shared on NAFDAC’s X deal with on Friday, the company disclosed that greater than 100 sacks of empty bottles had been discovered on the location and subsequently destroyed to stop their reuse within the manufacturing of counterfeit alcoholic drinks.

Narrating the operation, the Assistant Director of the Investigation and Enforcement Directorate, Mr Kunle Ojo, mentioned the staff moved in after receiving intelligence about suspicious actions within the secluded space.

“On getting on arriving, we saw different kinds of bottles stacked in this place. These are bottles covered with tarpaulins,” Ojo mentioned.

(*100*) defined that the premises contained massive portions of empty bottles of various sizes and types, allegedly awaiting distribution to people concerned within the manufacturing of counterfeit alcoholic drinks.

According to him, the bottles included these bearing the labels of Action Bitter, Royal Circle Premium Whisky and different alcoholic drink manufacturers.

“We have a lot of bottles covered with tarpaulins here, now ready to be supplied to people that are counterfeiting,” he mentioned.

Ojo added that the ù had been organized in numerous sections of the premises, with a number of varieties saved collectively.

(*100*) alleged that the operators meant to produce the empty bottles to suspected counterfeiters for reuse in producing and packaging alcoholic drinks.

“What these people are planning to do, or what they do here, is to supply the bottles to different suspected counterfeiters to be used for another production,” he mentioned.

The NAFDAC official expressed concern that the exercise was happening inside a residential neighbourhood, describing the follow as unacceptable.

(*100*) mentioned the company’s intervention was aimed toward defending public well being and stopping the circulation of counterfeit alcoholic drinks.

“And this is not acceptable to government. And we are here to safeguard the health of the nation,” Ojo said.

(*100*) urged Nigerians to report suspicious actions of their neighbourhoods to the closest NAFDAC workplace to allow the company to research and take acceptable motion.

“We are calling on all women in Nigeria, please, when you see something taking place at your area, kindly notify the nearest NAFDAC office so that we can stop this menace, so that we can save our country from all these counterfeiters,” he mentioned.

The company’s operation comes amid ongoing efforts to curb the circulation of faux and substandard merchandise that pose dangers to shoppers’ well being.

NAFDAC has repeatedly warned in regards to the risks related to counterfeit alcoholic drinks, which can comprise dangerous substances or be produced beneath unsafe circumstances.