By Ikugbadi Oluwasegun
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has sealed off a Chinese supermarket in Wuse 2, Abuja, for selling expired products and items labelled entirely in Chinese without English translations, which violates NAFDAC regulations.
The supermarket, located at Azba Mall on Durban Street, is owned by Chinese nationals who claimed they were in the process of obtaining NAFDAC approval and translating product labels.
Over 90% of the items on the shelves were labelled in Chinese, making it impossible for Nigerian consumers to understand the product details.
Expired products were also discovered during the inspection. The Agency is investigating how these products entered the country in such quantities without proper checks and has extended the probe to the supermarket’s warehouse to ensure public safety.Please note that products sold with labels in foreign languages without English translations do not comply with NAFDAC labelling guidelines, and as such are illegal.
We have invited the supermarket’s management for further investigation and reiterate our commitment to protecting public health.
