According to the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), pharmaceuticals worth one million naira have been found in Kaduna.
This was revealed to reporters on Wednesday in Kaduna by the state coordinator for the organisation, Nasiru Mato.
He claimed that the goods were taken in the township as well as in Jaji, Kagoro, Kafanchan, and Mararaba Jos.
Several brands of unregistered aphrodisiacs, analgesics, and cosmetics were confiscated during the activities, according to Mato, and will be investigated in a laboratory in order to determine whether any more regulatory steps within the bounds of the law are necessary.
“It is against this backdrop that NAFDAC recently goes on broad spectrum routine and surveillance visits to establishments in several parts of the state for strict compliance.”
He said the visits were also to ensure that regulated products available to the consumer exhibited the desired quality, safety, and efficacy.
He said the decision was to ensure the agency rid the state of the circulation of substandard regulated products.
“NAFDAC has deployed real-time digital cutting-edge technology for use by consumers called Mobile Authentication Service (MAS) to establish on the spot whether drugs are genuine or fake, to ensure the safety of the consumer always.
The Coordinator cautioned against illegal advertisements of regulated products in any form.
He urged consumers to always check product labelling for product name, NAFDAC Registration Number, Production Date, Expiry Date, Batch Number, storage condition, direction for use, name and location address of the manufacturer.