The National Agency for Food, Drug
Administration and Control (NAFDAC)
on Thursday advised Nigerians to
guard against buying expired products
during the yuletide.
Mr Dauda Gimba, the South-East Zonal
Coordinator of NAFDAC, gave the
advice in Enugu while speaking with
the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on
the Agency’s planned mop-up of
expired products from the market.
According to Gimba, Nigerians can
avoid buying expired products by
scrutinizing the validity signs printed
on them.
“It is getting to the end of the year, a
seasonal period where a lot of
purchases are made and people bring
out a lot of commodities.
“My advice to the consumer would be
to be extra vigilant; scrutinize what
you want to buy, look at it very
carefully.
“Check the expiring date; check the
validity signs on that product before
you make your purchase otherwise
there are tremendous risks.
“However, on our own, we do go round
and we would intensify that and
wherever we find illegalities, we
would take necessary action.’’
The zonal coordinator stated that it is
likely that nefarious and unscrupulous
traders will use the Christmastime to
push to the market expired or near-
expired products for unsuspecting
members of the public to buy.
He urged mobile marketers of
products regulated by NAFDAC to
adhere strictly to the guideline for
such activity as provided by the agency
to avoid breaking the law.
