The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) carried out 213 raids and recorded 474 new cases between January and August 2026, as a part of enforcement operations.
NAFDAC Director-General, Mojisola Adeyeye, mentioned this in a press release on Wednesday, noting that the company sustained investigations, surveillance and enforcement actions all through the eight-month interval.
Ms Adeyeye mentioned the company’s Directorate of Investigation and Enforcement recorded 295 concluded cases, 821 product seizure entries, 179 institutions closed or sealed, and 52 arrests through the interval.
She mentioned the company additionally carried out 157 surveillance actions, imposed 218 administrative sanctions and carried out 22 reported product destruction workout routines through the eight-month interval.
She mentioned enforcement actions lined meals, medicine, cosmetics, medical gadgets, packaged water, drinks and chemical substances, reflecting NAFDAC’s mandate to guard customers from unsafe, substandard and falsified merchandise.
According to the assertion, cosmetics accounted for 401 product seizure entries, adopted by drinks with 215 entries and medicines with 112 entries through the interval beneath assessment.
She clarified that the figures represented reported product seizure entries and didn’t, by themselves, point out the bodily portions or financial worth of merchandise seized throughout enforcement operations.
The assertion added that cosmetics accounted for 64 of the 179 institution closures or sealing actions, whereas drinks accounted for 67 of the 213 raids carried out through the interval.
The company’s actions additionally included putting merchandise on maintain, amassing samples for laboratory evaluation, conducting interrogations and referring cases for authorized motion the place relevant, in keeping with the assertion.
Ms Adeyeye mentioned the measures fashioned a part of NAFDAC’s regulatory method to figuring out suspected violations, gathering proof and stopping the continued distribution of probably dangerous merchandise throughout the nation.
She mentioned the company would proceed strengthening collaboration with authorities establishments, legislation enforcement businesses, state activity forces and different stakeholders to enhance intelligence gathering and improve regulatory compliance nationwide.
Ms Adeyeye urged producers, importers, distributors, retailers and different operators in regulated sectors to conform strictly with relevant necessities and guarantee their merchandise met prescribed regulatory requirements earlier than reaching customers.
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She additionally inspired members of the general public to buy regulated merchandise from respected retailers, confirm registration by official NAFDAC channels and report suspected falsified, substandard or unsafe merchandise promptly.
The director-general reaffirmed that defending public well being remained central to NAFDAC’s mandate, including that the company would maintain regulatory oversight and enforcement to advertise entry to merchandise assembly required requirements.
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