Expired drugs,oil and beverages circulating in Abia State - NAFDAC

National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says that there’s a large quantities of fake and expired drugs, supplements, oil and beverages in circulation in Abia State.

In a statement released yesterday, the agency alerted members of the public that fake Goya olive oil , unregistered drugs and expired vitamin supplements as well adulterated beverages in circulation in the state.

Officials of the agency during a mop up exercise at the Ariaria International Market in Aba reportedly discovered that the dates of some drugs which had expired six months ago have been tampered with and re-written using a handmade machine. The statement said although some of the perpetrators are on the run, their shops have been sealed.