…offenders to face prosecution
By Chioma Obinna
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, yesterday embarked on nationwide enforcement against all alcoholic beverages packaged in sachets and polyethylene terephthalate, PET, bottles below 200 millilitres, marking the full implementation of the federal government’s ban on the products.
The sweeping crackdown, which is taking place simultaneously across the six geopolitical zones, followed the closure of manufacturing facilities found to be producing the banned alcoholic drinks in violation of regulatory directives.
Consequently, NAFDAC enforcement teams have fanned out to markets, motor parks, retail outlets, bars, supermarkets and other distribution channels to identify, seize and destroy the prohibited products, warning that anyone found producing, importing, distributing, transporting, stocking or selling them risked prosecution.
