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NAFDAC enforcement against prohibited products in Nigeria

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The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has conducted large-scale enforcement operations in Nigeria to seize prohibited goods. In early October 2026, NAFDAC officials seized approximately ₦300 million worth of banned alcoholic beverages in Lagos State. The agency subsequently intensified crackdowns on illegal agrochemicals, seizing banned pesticides valued at over ₦800 million across several states. On October 13, 2026, a raid at the Lagos International Trade Fair Complex uncovered more than 20 illegal stores, leading to the arrest of individuals allegedly blending counterfeit alcohol and revalidating expired products, resulting in the seizure of goods valued at over ₦2 billion. In Abia State, NAFDAC confiscated counterfeit packaging materials worth over ₦200 million in Aba. By mid-October 2026, NAFDAC reported seizing and destroying goods valued at over ₦5.3 billion in a single week. This included ₦2.6 billion worth of fake drugs, chemicals, and food items destroyed in Rivers State alongside the Nigeria Customs Service. In Lagos, authorities uncovered a clandestine site in Makoko producing counterfeit Nivea roll-on deodorants. In Aba, raids led to the seizure of over ₦700 million in fake alcoholic beverage packaging and materials, including a suspected production facility with equipment worth more than ₦500 million. On October 18, 2026, NAFDAC destroyed expired and substandard products, including tomato paste, medicines, and chemicals, valued at ₦2.6 million in Rivers State. Regarding the death of a National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member at an orientation camp in Enugu State, NAFDAC stated there is “no established evidence linking the death to substandard or falsified medicines,” noting preliminary findings of severe malaria and peptic ulcer disease. On October 22, 2026, NAFDAC investigators discovered a residential building in the Agbado Oke-Odo area of Lagos being used to store empty bottles for counterfeit alcohol production.

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