Reps demand pressing motion in opposition to faux, adulterated meals, drinks

The House of Representatives has urged the chief arm of the federal authorities to deal with the manufacturing and circulation of pretend, adulterated, counterfeit and substandard meals and drinks as a matter of pressing nationwide significance requiring speedy and sustained nationwide regulatory consideration.

Reports on current raids  by the National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control  (NAFDAC) throughout the nation recommended a drastic rise within the menace of producing, distribution, and sale of pretend and substandard meals and drinks.

The House additionally charged NAFDAC, Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), and the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC), to, in collaboration with the related safety companies, intensify nationwide surveillance, inspection, sampling, laboratory testing and enforcement operations in opposition to perpetrators.

Its related committees have additional been tasked to interact NAFDAC, SON, FCCPC and different related stakeholders to evaluate the size of the issue, and the effectiveness of current enforcement measures, in addition to perform a periodic evaluate of the progress being made by the accountable companies.

The decision Tuesday, adopted a movement by Makki Abubakar Yalleman on the “urgent need to curb the rising production, circulation and distribution of fake, adulterated and substandard food and drinks in Nigeria.”
Citing a few of the cases, together with current circumstances of the dismantling of unlawful alcohol counterfeiting syndicates at Zamfara Plaza in Lagos Island on April 22, 2026 by NAFDAC, and the raiding of an unlawful, unregistered fruit juice manufacturing facility by officers of the NSCDC in Badagry, Lagos, he stated it was time for efficient motion.

He added that it was worrisome that “the aforementioned cases comprises the growing production, distribution and sales of fake, adulterated, unregistered and substandard food products, alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks, beverages, bottled water and other products consumed daily by Nigerians, thereby putting them at risk of developing serious health issues.”

He stated whereas current legal guidelines and rules present a foundation for coping with unsafe and non-compliant merchandise, stronger implementation, higher coordination, synergy, improved market surveillance and larger public consciousness are wanted to successfully reply to the menace.