The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has
announced the sealing of a Chinese supermarket located in Abuja for violating multiple regulations of the food regulation commission.
The supermarket, located at Azba Mall, 2 Durban Street, Wuse 2, Abuja, was sealed on Monday for selling goods labelled in chinese without proper notification and regulatory violations.
NAFDAC’s Director of Investigation and Enforcement, Shaba Mohammed, revealed that the agency took action based on credible information regarding the supermarket.
“The information we received indicated that all the items being sold at the supermarket were labeled in Chinese, which violated NAFDAC regulations,” he said.
Mohammed, who also serves as Chairman of the Federal Task Force on Counterfeit, Fake Drugs, and Unwholesome Processed Foods, explained that the agency promptly took action to investigate the matter.
He added that NAFDAC would further investigate why over 90% of the goods in the supermarket were labeled in a foreign language and how they were imported into the country.
The director also mentioned that some of the affected goods were expired but were still on the supermarket’s shelves.
Mohammed also pointed out that selling items labeled in a foreign language within the country is a violation of our law. According to NAFDAC regulations, any product sold in Arabic, Chinese, or French must also have an English translation.
The director stated that if the supermarket is found guilty of violating NAFDAC regulations, appropriate punitive action will be taken against it.
He emphasized that while not every case is taken to court; they will take regulatory action, which could be an administrative measure.
Mohammed also mentioned that the supermarket might have bypassed NAFDAC when bringing some of the goods into the country.
