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The Management of The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has raised the alarm on the unscrupulous activities of some business men and traders who re-validate caked, expired rice and also repackage local rice as foreign rice.
According to a statement issued by the agency and obtained by crimefacts.news ,the Ogun State office of NAFDAC received a report from the Department of State Services (DSS) in the state, of ongoing food fraud at Oke-Aje market in Ijebu Ode.
On the 14th of
November 2019, officers of the State office in company of men of the Nigeria Police
Force proceeded to the scene of the illegal activity. On arrival the suspected
perpetrators of the food fraud instigated unnamed persons to unleash mayhem on
the team of investigators.
However, Enforcement Officers of the Agency and its Federal Task
Force team stormed the market in company of Department of State Services
officials. They sighted miscreants at the market who took to their heels.
Bags of expired rice, caked rice, bags of
local rice, bags of popular foreign rice and sealing machines were found in the
shops the NAFDAC Enforcement team finally gained access into. Three shops were
sealed during the operation.
The agency warns that expired and caked rice are unwholesome as
they contain moulds and microorganism that cause diseases which are of immense
public health concern.
NAFDAC urges the public to be vigilant and exercise discretion
when purchasing rice and other food items this Christmas season. Best-Casino Canada Top
