Chinese-owned oriental supermarket sold expired goods to Nigerians. NAFDAC chose to ‘Invite’ them for questioning

TIMILEYIN AKINMOYEJE FROM FIJ

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has opted to invite Oriental Supermarket’s management for questioning rather than making arrests, despite sealing it for selling expired products and items to consumers.

Oriental Supermarket, located in Azba Mall on Durban Street, Abuja, is owned by Chinese nationals. During an inspection, NAFDAC officials discovered that over 90% of the products on display had labels exclusively in Chinese, making it impossible for Nigerian consumers to understand their content without a good translation medium.

In a statement shared on its social media platforms on Tuesday, NAFDAC explained, “Products sold with labels in foreign languages without English translations do not comply with NAFDAC labelling guidelines and are illegal.

“We have invited the supermarket’s management for further investigation.”

The agency disclosed that it was investigating how the expired and improperly labelled products entered the country. It stated that it had expanded the probe to the supermarket’s warehouse.