{"id":96072,"date":"2026-02-23T15:58:51","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T15:58:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/datelineafro.com\/?p=96072"},"modified":"2026-02-23T15:58:53","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T15:58:53","slug":"nafdac-uncovers-warehouse-with-banned-fake-cosmetics-worth-over-%e2%82%a63bn-in-lagos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/datelineafro.com\/?p=96072","title":{"rendered":"NAFDAC Uncovers Warehouse with Banned, Fake Cosmetics Worth Over \u20a63bn in Lagos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Sunday said it uncovered a warehouse stocked with banned, substandard, and unregistered cosmetic products in Lagos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a statement posted on its X (formerly Twitter) page, NAFDAC disclosed that the products, valued at over \u20a63 billion, were discovered at the APT Trade Fair Complex.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The agency said the facility was concealed within an uncompleted building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cNAFDAC has uncovered a warehouse stocked with banned, fake, and unregistered cosmetic products valued at over \u20a63 billion at the APT Trade Fair Complex in Lagos State.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cItems recovered include 728 cartons of Crusader soap, 718 cartons of E45 soap, and Extract Gold whitening soaps, which are products banned by the Federal Government,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The agency further stated that additional items, including assorted perfumes, body oils, and cooking oils, were also found and placed on hold for further regulatory assessment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It added that all seized products had been evacuated to prevent distribution, while the warehouse manager has been invited for further investigation as enforcement actions continue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NAFDAC warned that the sale and use of such products pose serious health risks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMembers of the public are advised to remain vigilant and report suspicious activities to the nearest NAFDAC office,\u201d the agency added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Sunday said it uncovered a warehouse stocked with banned, substandard, and unregistered cosmetic products in Lagos. In a statement posted on its X (formerly Twitter) page, NAFDAC disclosed that the products, valued at over \u20a63 billion, were discovered at the APT Trade Fair<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":96073,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,143],"tags":[150],"class_list":{"0":"post-96072","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-health","8":"category-news","9":"tag-nafdac"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/datelineafro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96072","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/datelineafro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/datelineafro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/datelineafro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/datelineafro.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=96072"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/datelineafro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96072\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":96074,"href":"https:\/\/datelineafro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96072\/revisions\/96074"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/datelineafro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/96073"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/datelineafro.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=96072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/datelineafro.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=96072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/datelineafro.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=96072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}