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NAFDAC launched simultaneous enforcement operations across Nigeria’s six geopolitical zones targeting banned sachet and small-bottle alcoholEnforcement teams were deployed to markets, motor parks, bars and retail outlets with authority to seize and destroy prohibited productsManufacturers, retailers, hawkers and transporters caught with the banned drinks face sanctions, seizures and possible prosecution
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has launched a coordinated nationwide operation to remove alcoholic beverages packaged in sachets and polyethene terephthalate (PET) bottles smaller than 200 millilitres from the Nigerian market.
The exercise, running concurrently across all six geopolitical zones, follows earlier moves by the agency to shut down production facilities found to be in breach of the existing federal ban on such products.
NAFDAC warns retailers, transporters and wholesalers to surrender banned alcoholic drinks Photo: NurphotoSource: Getty Images
Where Enforcement Teams Are Operating
NAFDAC said its officers have been deployed to markets, motor parks, retail shops, bars and
