In a decisive move to curb the circulation of fake and substandard wine and beverages in Nigeria, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has again shut down the Aba market and confiscated fake food and beverages worth over N5 billion.
NAFDAC’s raid on the market was similar to the one carried out in December 2023. It was jointly carried out by the military, DSS, and Nigerian police.
Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, NAFDAC’s Director General, in a press release, appreciated the mayor of Aba South, the interim management committee of the market, and the Abia state government’s support for the exercise, tagged “Operation Clean Up Aba. ” This exercise also led to another discovery of three major warehouses stockpiling expired HOLLANDIA YOGHURT for revalidation on January 22, 2025.
She said the activities of the counterfeiters included the manufacturing of all kinds of adulterated products, especially alcoholic beverages of different brands.
“Over 1500 cartons of fake and substandard products were destroyed during the operation. The street value of the confiscated and destroyed fake products in 2023 is estimated at over seven hundred and fifty million naira only. (N750, 000,000). The estimated value of products mopped up during the December 15, 2024, operation is five billion naira. The products being revalidated and mopped up include adulterated versions of popular brands of soft and carbonated drinks, yoghurt drinks, sachet milk, and chocolate drinks.
“The extensive operation involved over 240 shops turned factories where these fake and substandard wines and beverages were being produced and marketed under very filthy conditions, using water from unhygienic sources, harmful chemicals, saccharin, colouring, dirty recycled bottles, and cloned packaging materials of other brands,” she said.
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