The National Agency For Food And Drug Administration and Control closed two water-packaging companies in Ota, Ogun State because they were operating without approval.

According to Mr. Philip Benu, the State Coordinator of NAFDAC, Ogun 2 Office, the two companies did not meet NAFDAC’s requirements for registration.

The raid and enforcement in Ota were a result of routine inspections by regulatory officers in the Ogun 2 office.

The two companies' facilities were sealed with NAFDAC's mark and the companies were asked to come to the office for scrutiny when they were found operating without approval earlier this year.

During the first inspection, nobody was present at both facilities to be immediately questioned or arrested.

Despite NAFDAC sealing the facilities and inviting the companies to the office in Ota, they chose to remove the seals placed at their entrances and continue their operations.

The State Coordinator mentioned that the two companies resumed producing unregistered water products with fake NAFDAC registration numbers in an unclean and unhygienic environment.

According to Benu, in order to produce registered packaged products, a building that meets NAFDAC's standards is required.

Additionally, to obtain the NAFDAC number, a site visit is necessary to ensure that the facilities are suitable.

Only after the product passes NAFDAC's laboratory test will a number be approved.

The NAFDAC state coordinator explained that routine monitoring is necessary to ensure compliance with regulations.

Benu pointed out that some people were setting up production in one-room apartments without NAFDAC approval, buying machines and starting to produce.

However, the two companies have been prohibited from producing fake products and their production machines have been taken to the NAFDAC office in Ota.

The enforcement will continue, and illegal producers should stop such practices and register at the state NAFDAC office.

NAFDAC is conducting surveillance, and anyone caught will face legal action.

According to Benu, producers who operate without NAFDAC's approval have nowhere to hide.

The Ogun State Government, through the Ministry of Environment, initiated efforts to verify table water and beverages producers in order to prevent the spread of Cholera, which has caused at least 12 deaths in some parts of Ogun State. commence This information was disclosed by Mr. Ola Oresanya, the state Commissioner for Environment, during a meeting with the Table Water and Beverages Producers Association of Nigeria at the ministry’s Conference Hall in Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta.

The National Agency For Food And Drug Administration and Control sealed two unregistered water-packaging companies for allegedly operating without approval in Ota, Ogun State. The State Coordinator, NAFDAC, Ogun 2 Office, Mr. Philip Benu, informed the News Agency of Nigeria about this in Ota after the exercise.

NAN