NAFDAC uncovers unregistered cosmetics, falsified medicines, banned soaps at Trade Fair Complex

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By Linda Ikeji
14 November 2026, 9:36 pm

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has uncovered a suspected unlawful cosmetics manufacturing and packaging operation on the Tools and Hardware part of Trade Fair Complex, Lagos.

The anti-fake medicine company discovered unlabelled cosmetics, empty product containers, packaging supplies and already-produced lotions throughout completely different flooring of a two-storey constructing.

In a video of the operation shared on the Agency’s official X account on Saturday, Mr. Olakunle Ojo, NAFDAC enforcement crew lead, and different officers have been seen inspecting the constructing and displaying the recovered supplies, elevating issues over the manufacturing and circulation of cosmetics of unknown origin and regulatory standing.

“This is precisely what we’re capable of finding at this specific location” Ojo stated whereas displaying numerous packaging supplies and empty containers.

The inspection revealed packaging supplies bearing names similar to turmeric vitamin C and different beauty product descriptions, alongside empty shampoo tubes, lotion containers and supplies suspected to be supposed for the packaging of unregistered merchandise.

On the higher flooring, officers found extra packaging supplies, together with containers for various beauty merchandise, in addition to already-produced glutawide cream.

The company additionally displayed supplies bearing completely different product names, however couldn’t instantly set up the identification and regulatory standing of among the substances and merchandise discovered on the premises.

NAFDAC described the operation as a part of its ongoing enforcement actions on the Trade Fair Complex, the place it has uncovered a number of suspected unlawful manufacturing, storage and distribution actions.

In a associated discovery on the advanced, the company uncovered a warehouse on the final ground of a constructing containing packaging supplies for suspected falsified medicines, together with Augmentin 625mg and Amplicloxa. Bottle caps bearing the Gordon’s Gin model have been additionally reportedly discovered among the many supplies.

Watch a video from the operation beneath