NAFDAC Seals Warehouse In Calabar

The National Agency for
Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has sealed off a warehouse in Calabar, the Cross Rivers State Capital.
The affected warehouse was allegedly used in the storage of a fake food seasoning product (Benny  Food Seasoning) worth over five million naira.
This was contained in a press release singed by the Agency’s Public Relations Officer South South Zone, Mr Cyril Monye, a copy of which was made available to The Tide in Port Harcourt.
According to the release, the NAFDAC coordinator in Cross Rivers State, Pharm Isaac Kolawole, told newsmen  that the sealing off of the warehouse followed complaint by manufacturers of the product about a fake brand of Benny food seasoning circulating in the state.
“We swung into action  and our investigations led us to a warehouse where the products were stored and were eventually put on hold.
He also said that all attempts to arrest the culprits failed as they  abandoned the product and disappeared.
Meanwhile, a middle aged man who specialized in cloning moving drugs has been arrested in Calabar and the drug confiscated.
The release said that, the agency also confiscated some of the drugs found on him.
Kolawole also told newsmen that the agency was enforcing the renewal of licenses of bakeries to meet the current standard, warning that any bakery that fails to comply will be sanctioned or shut down.
He also blamed the absence of  NAFDAC at the border post in the penetration of spurious products from Cameroon into the country and pledged to work with the security agencies to check the trend.
The coordinator also called on the people to support the agency in the onerous task of safeguarding the health of the nation.