The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has raised an alert on circulation of fake Goya Olive oil in the Nigerian.
The alert followed a two days enforcement exercise across Kwara State by officials of the Agency. The exercise led to the discovery of a syndicate, which specialised in the production of the fake product at an outlet in Oja-Tutu area of Ilorin, the Kwara State capital.
In a statement made available to journalist, NAFDAC said the discovery was made following surveillance mounted by the agency’s officials on report of a possible faking of Napal brand of vegetable oil (250ml), which was sold to the public as Goya Olive oil.
Roseline Ajayi, an Assistant Director in the NAFDAC office in Ilorin who led the operation with other officers, confirmed the discovery. She said that the exercise was routine, but specially targeted to mop-up the fake oil products in circulation.
Briefing journalist after the exercise, Mrs Ajayi said other products including drugs and creams with so many discrepancies that do not meet NAFDAC’s specifications were confiscated from the shop.
She said the regulatory officers met the suspects in the act of illegal removal and relabeling of different brands of oil as well as unbranded vegetable oil products with fake Goya Olive oil labels. The shop owners were arrested by the agency’s operatives who closed the shops and confiscation the fake Goya products.
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So, how do we identify a fake olive oil?
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