The National Agency For Food And Drug Administration and Control has shut two unregistered water-packaging companies for allegedly operating without NAFDAC approval in Ota area of Ogun State.
State Coordinator, Ogun 2 Office, Ota, Mr Philip Benu, disclosed this on Thursday in Ota after the exercise.
He noted that the two companies failed to meet NAFDAC requirements for registration.
Benu explained that the raid and enforcement were based on routine inspections by regulatory officers in Ogun 2 office, Ota.
He disclosed that the facilities of the two companies were placed on hold with NAFDAC seal and the companies were invited to the office for scrutiny when they were found operating without approval early in 2024.
Benu stated further that at the time of the first inspection there was no body on ground to warrant immediate arrest for questioning at both facilities.
He noted that despite the seal placed and letters of invitation dropped for the two companies to visit NAFDAC office in Ota, they remained adamant and went ahead to remove those seals placed at the entrances of both companies.
The NAFDAC state coordinator added that the two companies resumed production of unregistered water products with fake NAFDAC registration numbers, operating in a dirty and unhygienic environment.
“For anyone to produce any registered packaged product, you must have a building or adapted one which must meet the minimum requirements of NAFDAC.
“In addition, for you to get the NAFDAC number, we need to visit your site and ensure that the facilities are okay.
“It is after your product had passed through our laboratory test that NAFDAC would approve a number for you.
“We also need to monitor such producers on routine basis to ensure that they are doing the right thing,” he said.
Benu pointed out that what some of the people were doing was to just get any place and buy machines without NAFDAC approval and start producing under one room apartment.
He then stressed that the two companies had been stopped from producing any of the fake products and their machines for production had been evacuated to NAFDAC office in Ota.
The Ogun In NAFDAC boss declared that the enforcement would be a continuous exercise, saying that illegal producers should shun such act and come and register at NAFDAC office in Ota.
He noted that NAFDAC was on surveillance and once anyone was caught, they would be dealt with accordingly.
Benu state that there was no hiding place for those producers, who produced without the approval of NAFDAC.
