The Consumer Protection Council (CPC) has urged Nigerians to
be wary of some new and unregistered products being introduced into the market,
saying many of such products were injurious to health.
Mr Garuba Ahmad, the South-West Zonal Coordinator of the
council, made the call in an interview on Friday in Osogbo.
Ahmad said many unscrupulous persons, who were desperate to make money, were
flooding the markets with adulterated and injurious new products. He, however,
said that CPC has a duty to carry out market surveillance from time to time in
order to check the introduction of such fake products into markets.
The South- West zonal Coordinator recalled that fake
products such as food and beverages worth N56 million were confiscated in the
zone in 2016. He said that many sachet water factories were also sealed off in
the zone for failing to meet the required standards.
"We ensure quality of products in the markets and also
prevent circulation of fake and injurious products’’ Ahmad said.
He
appealed to consumers to always check for NAFDAC approved number, address of
manufacturers as well as manufactured and expiry date of new products before
buying them. Ahmad also said the council received 128 complaints from consumers
out of which 110 were resolved.
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