Warehouse with ₦3bn fake, banned cosmetics uncovered in Lagos

Over N3 cardinal worthy of amerciable cosmetics has been discovered successful a warehouse astatine the APT Trade Fair Complex successful Lagos State.

According to the National Agency For Food and Drug Administration Control, NAFDAC, the warehouse, concealed successful an uncompleted building, was discovered during an enforcement operation.

Items recovered from the installation see 728 cartons of Crusader soap, 718 cartons of E45 soap, and Extract Gold whitening soap, each of which are products banned by the Federal Government.

NAFDAC besides said that different items recovered successful the warehouse are assorted perfumes, assemblage oils and cooking oils which person been placed connected clasp for further regulatory assessment.

“All seized products person been evacuated to forestall distribution,” the bureau stated.

NAFDAC disclosed that the manager of the warehouse has been invited for further probe arsenic enforcement actions continue.

The bureau warned that the merchantability and usage of...