The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says over 10,000 cartons of unregistered tomato paste and cosmetic products were seized at the Lagos Trade Fair Market.
The five-day operation was conducted by NAFDAC’s Investigation and Enforcement team at the cosmetics section of the market. Dr Martins Iluyomade, Director of Investigation and Enforcement, told journalists on Tuesday that the raid was part of ongoing efforts to remove unregistered and harmful products from Nigerian markets.
The Director said a newly inaugurated multi-agency task force would boost NAFDAC’s surveillance against substandard medicines and unsafe processed foods nationwide.
He added that the agency’s partnership with the Nigeria Customs Service to strengthen border control was yielding results. “We are working hard to prevent falsified and unregistered items from entering the country, hence our Memorandum of Understanding with the Nigeria Customs Service.
“The Nigeria Customs Service has handed over many seized fake products to us, and we have also transferred some to them,” he added.