During the operation, the agency’s enforcement team discovered unlabelled cosmetic products, empty containers, packaging materials and already-manufactured creams on different floors of a two-storey building.
A video of the raid, shared on NAFDAC’s official X account on Saturday, showed the agency’s enforcement team lead, Mr Olakunle Ojo, alongside other officials inspecting the premises and displaying the recovered materials.
The discovery has raised concerns about the possible production and circulation of cosmetics of unknown origin and uncertain regulatory status.
Displaying some of the recovered items, Ojo said: “This is exactly what we are able to find at this particular location.”
The inspection uncovered packaging materials bearing product descriptions such as turmeric vitamin C, as well as empty shampoo tubes, lotion containers and other materials suspected to be intended for packaging unregistered cosmetic products.
Further discoveries were made on the upper floors, where officials recovered additional packaging materials and containers bearing the names of various cosmetic products. They also found already-produced Glutawide cream.
NAFDAC displayed several materials bearing different product names, although the agency could not immediately establish the identity and regulatory status of some of the substances and products found at the premises.
The agency said the operation was part of its ongoing enforcement activities at the Trade Fair Complex, where it has uncovered several suspected cases of illegal manufacturing, storage and distribution of regulated products.
In a related operation at the complex, NAFDAC also uncovered a warehouse on the top floor of another building containing packaging materials for suspected falsified medicines, including Augmentin 625mg and Ampiclox.
Bottle caps bearing the Gordon’s Gin brand were also reportedly found among the recovered materials.
