Nafdac seals Chinese supermarket in Abuja

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The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has sealed off a Chinese supermarket in Wuse 2, Abuja, over allegations of selling expired products and goods labeled in Chinese without English translations, violating NAFDAC regulations.  

The supermarket, located at Azba Mall, 2 Durban Street, is owned and managed by Chinese nationals who claimed they were in the process of obtaining NAFDAC licensing and translating product labels into English as required by law.  

Following the enforcement operation, Shaba Mohammed, leader of NAFDAC’s enforcement team, revealed that the agency acted on credible intelligence about regulatory violations at the supermarket, “We conducted due diligence to verify the claims,” he said.  

He confirmed that investigations would continue to determine how such products entered the country in commercial quantities, bypassing labeling requirements and without being intercepted at the point of entry…