NAFDAC Apprehends Three Men trying to steal Boxes of Spaghetti
Thu Aug 24, 2017 11:46:am Business
5.4K By Abdulkerimu Oare
- Men try to steal unwholsesome boxes of spaghetti marked for destruction.
- Arrested by policemen attached to NAFDAC.
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration Control (NAFDAC) has disclosed that on Wednesday it caught three men attempting to steal boxes of Spaghetti from its dumpsite in SWagamu, Ogun State. The boxes are part of unwholesome products that have been sidelined for destruction by the agency.
Whilst speaking on behalf of the Acting Director General, Kingsley Ejiofor disclosed that the three men caught are Kabiru Amar, Yusuf Ahmed and Mohammed Ibrahim were apprehended by members of the police force attached to the agency.
Ejiofor said "In spite of the fact that we were at the dump site destroying counterfeit and expired products, some miscreants still had the audacity to steal from the destruction exercise site", he said.
"This is to show the extent to which people are willing to go, to make money from the sales of expired products. They have been caught and will not be spared.
"Some of these expired products destroyed were voluntarily handed over by compliant companies in the country.
"Other products destroyed included fake and counterfeit drugs, prohibited substandard and expired food products, cosmetics, and other regulated products.
"These were seized by the Investigation and Enforcement Directorate of NAFDAC, from manufacturers, importers, and distributors in Lagos State and environs.
"The agency has continued to aggressively pursue the goals of ensuring that only genuine medicines and wholesome foods of the right quality are imported, exported, manufactured and distributed.
"Surveillance and enforcement operations at our ports, borders and identified routes used by smugglers, have been intensified and this has led to increased seizures of fake regulated products smuggled through our land borders".
- Arrested by policemen attached to NAFDAC.
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration Control (NAFDAC) has disclosed that on Wednesday it caught three men attempting to steal boxes of Spaghetti from its dumpsite in SWagamu, Ogun State. The boxes are part of unwholesome products that have been sidelined for destruction by the agency.
Whilst speaking on behalf of the Acting Director General, Kingsley Ejiofor disclosed that the three men caught are Kabiru Amar, Yusuf Ahmed and Mohammed Ibrahim were apprehended by members of the police force attached to the agency.
Ejiofor said "In spite of the fact that we were at the dump site destroying counterfeit and expired products, some miscreants still had the audacity to steal from the destruction exercise site", he said.
"This is to show the extent to which people are willing to go, to make money from the sales of expired products. They have been caught and will not be spared.
"Some of these expired products destroyed were voluntarily handed over by compliant companies in the country.
"Other products destroyed included fake and counterfeit drugs, prohibited substandard and expired food products, cosmetics, and other regulated products.
"These were seized by the Investigation and Enforcement Directorate of NAFDAC, from manufacturers, importers, and distributors in Lagos State and environs.
"The agency has continued to aggressively pursue the goals of ensuring that only genuine medicines and wholesome foods of the right quality are imported, exported, manufactured and distributed.
"Surveillance and enforcement operations at our ports, borders and identified routes used by smugglers, have been intensified and this has led to increased seizures of fake regulated products smuggled through our land borders".
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