The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has sealed a Chinese supermarket for selling expired products and items in Wuse 2, Abuja.
NAFDAC disclosed this on Tuesday, noting that the products were labelled entirely in Chinese without English translations, which violates its regulations.
“The supermarket, located at Azba Mall on Durban Street, is owned by Chinese nationals who claimed they were in the process of obtaining NAFDAC approval and translating product labels. Over 90% of the items on the shelves were labelled in Chinese.
“Expired products were also discovered during the inspection. The agency is investigating how these products entered the country in such quantities without proper checks and has extended the probe to the supermarket’s warehouse to ensure public safety,” the regulatory body said.
It reiterated that products sold with labels in foreign languages without English translations violate its labelling guidelines and are illegal.
The agency revealed that it has invited the supermarket’s management for further investigation and reaffirmed its commitment to protecting public health.
