bad goods
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Ben Ezeamalu
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January 3, 2024 08:43
Substandard and counterfeit drugs concealed in a suitcase seized by officials of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) at Lagos airport, Nigeria. (Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP)
Fake and substandard products remain a booming business in Nigeria despite the efforts of regulatory agencies to control them.
Nigeria’s regulatory agency announced on 18 December that it had busted a cartel involved in counterfeiting beverages.
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) said it confiscated thousands of cartons of wines and spirits from a market in Aba, south-east Nigeria.
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