NAFDAC Uncovers 49 Counterfeit Children's Consumables In Lagos

Parents and wards with kids,please shine your eyes and note the conterfeit products listed in this post!

NAFDAC has sealed a warehouse in Lagos belonging to a Lebanese firm, H and H Integrated Nigeria Limited, for importation and storage of illegal food products, particularly biscuits and cookies commonly consumed by children.

According to NAFDAC spokesman, Anslem Okonkwo, the warehouse located at 30 Iman Dauda Street, Eric Moore, was raided following a tip-off.  

Among the 49 unregistered and counterfeit children’s products found in the warehouse belonging to H&H are 

Mr. Magic Soft Candy, 

Cracker soda biscuit, 

milk chocolate wafer roll,

 non – dairy creamer,

 H&H fruit Juice, 

Coklat pasta, 

sprite candy and Yummy H&H chewing gum.

 power milk cookies; 

twins crisp roll; 

non diary tea creamer;

 musical bracelet candy; 

stick candy milky; 

mix fruits flavour chewing gum; 

champion chocolate; 

Big band; 

Bufferfly choco; 

Whistle milk candy strawberry/choco, 

mini choco bean, spray candy and Centic filled crispy roll.

Choco stick; Nissile green bubble gum; Angry birds bubble gum; Star tattoo bubble gum; Lawane waifer; H&H spray candy; Power chocolate cookies; Exit pepper mint; Lush choco filled choco pop cream; can bubble gum; mini choco bean Marlboro kent; Dat milk chocolate; Cola tablet candy; A-K 47 gum candy; sweet girl chewy candy; musical bracelet candy; fun o and power chocolate cookies.

The Managing Director of the company has also been arrested for illegal importation, storage, distribution and non adherence to standard hygienic practices. 

This is coming after a month of a similar closure of another Lagos–based Lebanese confectionaries and multinational food outlet, Chocolate Royale, over what was described as “unethical practices” and non-adherent to good manufacturing and hygienic practices.

*Culled and edited from The Guardian*