A 24 year old Nigerian Man, identified as Victor Ebuka Okeke of Njikoka, Anambra State, was arrested by NAFDAC for illegally revalidation of Expired Products.
NAFDAC raided his factory - a 1 room shop used to stock up and illegally revalidate 'expired' food products. Expired products discovered included Maggi Sauce, Amoy Dark Soy Sauce, Costa Corned Beef and Exeter Corned beef amongst others.
According to NAFDAC, for the Costa Corned Beef, whether expired or not, their labeled to Exeter Corned Beef so as to attract better market interest.
Mr Ebuka also confessed that he imports most of the expired products from Ghana. Discovered in his factory also were 2 drums filled with ordinary water which he used to immerse the products and remove the labels from the expired products without any trace and replace with new labels.
'The Police attached to the agency have taken down the statement of the suspect as the case will be forwarded for prosecution and the suspect arraigned before a court.' NAFDAC official said. More photos after the cut...
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Title : 21 years old Nigerian Man who Illegally Rebrands Expired Products Arrested by NAFDAC
Description : A 24 year old Nigerian Man, identified as Victor Ebuka Okeke of Njikoka, Anambra State, was arrested by NAFDAC for illegally r...