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NAFDAC busts fake cosmetics operation in Lagos

By Musa Adekunle

23 April 2024 ย  | ย  4:11 am

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has cracked down a fake cosmetics operation at the Balogun Trade Fair Gate in Lagos. In a series of post via the agencyโ€™s official X account..

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The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has cracked down a fake cosmetics operation at the Balogun Trade Fair Gate in Lagos.

In a series of post via the agencyโ€™s official X account, yesterday, the Commission said its Investigation and Enforcement Directorate uncovered illegal activities of a fake cosmetics producer at the Balogun Trade Fair Gate, Trade Fair Complex of the State.

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It stated that the owner of Pasco Global Limited, Mr. Pius Effiong Eyoh, was apprehended for manufacturing, packaging, distributing and selling a range of substandard and counterfeit cosmetic products.

โ€œThese included items like Skin Balance Perfect Knuckle Organic Peel Therapy and Golden Face Triple Action Concentrated Perfect Skin.

โ€œEyoh was caught in the act of processing and packaging these cosmetic products with false labels bearing French inscriptions and a Cameroonian address.

โ€œNAFDACโ€™s intervention led to the sealing of the illegal manufacturing premises, Eyohโ€™s arrest, and the scheduling of his substandard products for destruction,โ€ the post reads.

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