Vanguard· 1h ago· 1 min read
…Enforcement turns violent; officer escapes stabbing
…Manufacturers moved machines, removed signposts to evade arrest
By Chioma Obinna
Despite the Federal Government’s ban on the production, distribution and sale of alcoholic beverages in sachets and PET bottles below 200ml, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, on Tuesday uncovered what it described as fresh illegal production by manufacturers operating from concealed facilities, alleging that some companies relocated production lines, removed their signboards to evade detection and violently attacked enforcement officers during nationwide raids.
Briefing journalists in Lagos, the Director-General of NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Christianah Adeyeye, disclosed that enforcement teams recovered banned 100ml PET bottles and rolls of sachet packaging materials bearing production dates as recent as July 23,…
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