NAFDAC Unveils Fake Cosmetics Syndicate in Lagos

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control’s (NAFDAC) Investigation & Enforcement Directorate has discovered an illicit enterprise in Lagos State that produces fake cosmetics.

This was revealed by the agency on Monday on its X, formerly Twitter. NAFDAC’s observant team busted the illegal operations of a phony cosmetics manufacturer on Monday at the Balogun Trade Fair Gate inside the Trade Fair Complex, Lagos State.

Mr. Pius Effiong Eyoh, proprietor of Pasco Global Limited, was apprehended by the NAFDAC authorities for a litany of offenses, including the manufacturing, packaging, distributing and selling a wide array of substandard and counterfeit cosmetic products, the agency said.

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Among the products seized were Skin Balance Perfect Knuckle Organic Peel Therapy and the Golden Face Triple Action Concentrated Perfect Skin.

Eyoh’s operation involved the processing and packaging of these cosmetic products with deceitful labels adorned with French inscriptions and a purported Cameroonian address in a bid to deceive unsuspecting consumers, NAFDAC said.

NAFDAC’s intervention resulted in the immediate sealing of the illicit manufacturing premises, the arrest of Eyoh, and the slated destruction of his substandard products, the agency noted.

NAFDAC stated that the purpose of the crackdown is to safeguard public health and ensure that only safe and genuine products are in Nigerian markets.