NAFDAC seals major warehouses over expired food, products

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has sealed 18 warehouses in Bida, Niger State, following the discovery of large quantities of expired food and beverage products.

According to a statement by NAFDAC’s Resident Media Consultant, Mr. Olusayo Akintola, the warehouses were located around Ndazabo White House along Minna Road, behind Bida Modern Market. The closures followed intelligence-led operations conducted by NAFDAC’s Investigation and Enforcement team.

Items recovered during the raid included expired non-alcoholic beverages, dairy milk, candies, bottled water, and pasta, with a total estimated value of N100 million. Some products had already been packaged for distribution, including 80,000 packets of expired drinks, 5,000 packets of dairy milk, 16,000 packets of bottled water, and 28 cartons of pasta.

The managers of the affected warehouses were arrested for interrogation. Preliminary investigations linked the facilities to a company identified as BY Ventures, prompting NAFDAC to extend its operations to the company’s supermarkets in Minna, where additional expired products and counterfeit Goya oil were reportedly found. These supermarkets were also sealed.

The Managing Director of BY Ventures, Alhaji Yusuf Nadabo, was invited for questioning and reportedly admitted ownership of the expired products.

Akintola stated that NAFDAC’s investigation is ongoing and that regulatory sanctions will be imposed at the conclusion of the exercise to serve as a deterrent to others.