The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has sealed 18 warehouses in Bida, Niger State, over the discovery of expired food and beverage products worth more than one hundred million naira.
A statement released by the Resident Media Consultant at NAFDAC, Sayo Akintola, said the warehouses were shut following a raid by the Agency’s Investigation and Enforcement team, acting on credible intelligence.
Akintola said items recovered during the operation include about 80,000 packets of expired non-alcoholic drinks, 5,000 packets of dairy milk, 16,000 packets of bottled water, 28 cartons of pasta, and other assorted expired products. Some of the items were reportedly already packaged for distribution.
He added that the managers of the affected warehouses of the company identified as BY Ventures were arrested for interrogation. He also said the Managing Director of the company, Alhaji Yusuf Nadabo, was invited for questioning, where he reportedly admitted ownership of the expired products.
‘’At the supermarkets, additional expired products and suspected counterfeit Goya oil were allegedly discovered. The two outlets have also been sealed”’ the statement read
The agency said the investigations are ongoing and that appropriate sanctions will be applied at the end of the process to serve as a deterrent.
