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The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has uncovered a suspected illegal cosmetics production and packaging operation at the Tools and Hardware section of Trade Fair Complex, Lagos.
The anti-fake drugs agency found unlabelled cosmetics, empty product containers, packaging materials and already-produced creams across different floors of a two-storey building.
In a video of the operation shared on the Agency’s official X account on Saturday, Mr. Olakunle Ojo, NAFDAC enforcement team lead, and other officials were seen inspecting the building and displaying the recovered materials, raising concerns over the production and circulation of cosmetics of unknown origin and regulatory status.
“This is exactly what we are able to find at this particular location'' Ojo said while displaying various packaging materials and empty containers.
The inspection revealed packaging materials bearing names such as turmeric vitamin C and other cosmetic product descriptions, alongside empty shampoo tubes, lotion containers and materials suspected to be intended for the packaging of unregistered products.
On the upper floors, officials discovered additional packaging materials, including containers for different cosmetic products, as well as already-produced glutawide cream.
The agency also displayed materials bearing different product names, but could not immediately establish the identity and regulatory status of some of the substances and products found at the premises.
NAFDAC described the operation as part of its ongoing enforcement activities at the Trade Fair Complex, where it has uncovered several suspected illegal manufacturing, storage and distribution activities.
In a related discovery at the complex, the agency uncovered a warehouse on the last floor of a building containing packaging materials for suspected falsified medicines, including Augmentin 625mg and Amplicloxa. Bottle caps bearing the Gordon’s Gin brand were also reportedly found among the materials.
Watch a video from the operation below
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