NAFDAC Destroys Falsified Medicines, Counterfeit Cosmetics and Expired Food Products

 

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control NAFDAC has destroyed counterfeit drugs and vaccines, cosmetics, and expired food items worth over N2 billion  in line with the strategy aimed at eradicating fake drugs and other spurious regulated products from circulation in the country,

The destruction exercise took place in Kano and Awka, Anambra state.

A statement signed by NAFDAC’s Resident Media Consultant Sayo Akintola states: “The operatives of the Agency had combed the nooks and crannies of the three geo-political zones of the federation, namely, North West, South East and South-South to mop up expired drugs and unwholesome food products with a view to safeguarding the health of the Nigerian people.

While counterfeit drugs and spurious food products worth over N1.4billion seized from both the South East and South-South zones were destroyed in Awka, Anambra state on Thursday, similar dangerous drugs, and unwholesome food items worth N613m were destroyed at the Kalebawa dumpsite along Kazaure-Daura road, Dambatta, Kano.