NAFDAC Uncovers Suspected Illegal Cosmetics Factory At Lagos Trade Fair Complex

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has uncovered a suspected illegal cosmetics production and packaging operation at the Trade Fair Complex in Lagos State.

The discovery was made at the complex’s Tools and Hardware section, where enforcement officials reportedly found unlabelled cosmetic products, empty containers, packaging materials and already-manufactured creams across several floors of a two-storey building.

According to information made available to Bush Radio Academy, the agency’s enforcement team, led by Mr. Olakunle Ojo, inspected the premises and displayed some of the materials recovered during the operation.

In a video shared on NAFDAC’s official X account on Saturday, Ojo was seen presenting various packaging materials and empty product containers discovered at the location.

“This is exactly what we are able to find at this particular location,” he said while displaying the recovered items.

Among the materials discovered were packaging items bearing descriptions such as turmeric vitamin C, alongside empty shampoo tubes, lotion containers and other materials suspected to have been intended for packaging unregistered cosmetic products.

Further inspections on the upper floors of the building reportedly led to the discovery of additional packaging materials for different cosmetic products, as well as already-produced Glutawide cream.

The agency also displayed materials bearing different product names, although the identity and regulatory status of some of the substances and products found at the premises had yet to be established.

NAFDAC described the operation as part of its ongoing enforcement activities at the Trade Fair Complex, where it has continued to uncover suspected illegal manufacturing, storage and distribution operations.

In a related development at the complex, the agency reportedly discovered a warehouse on the top floor of another building containing packaging materials suspected to be linked to counterfeit medicines.

The materials included packaging associated with Augmentin 625mg and Amplicloxa. Bottle caps bearing the Gordon’s Gin brand were also reportedly found among the recovered items.

The latest discoveries have raised further concerns about the possible production and circulation of unregistered cosmetics and falsified pharmaceutical products, as NAFDAC continues its enforcement operations in the area.