The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has sealed illegal water factory in Imo State, Aranatha Table Water and arrested one person involved in the unlawful production.
NAFDAC’s Chief Laboratory Technologist, Mr. Usman Ameh, led a team of NAFDAC officials from the Agency’s Investigation and Enforcement department, Apapa, Lagos, to seal the factory, located in Owerri West Council Area of the state on Friday.
BOblog gathered that the factory was packaging water directly from boreholes without any form of treatment for public consumption, hence constituting water poisoning and contravening various production laws.
Ameh said that the agency carried out the operation after receiving credible intelligence that the factory was producing water that could constitute poison.
“A team of NAFDAC officials from the state came here and instructed the authorities of this factory to put every production process on hold, but they still continued their illegal activities,“ he added.
The team lead called on other sachet water producers involved in illegal packaging under unhygienic conditions to end such unwholesome practice or be ready to go to jail.
He noted that NAFDAC would not relent in its mandate of safeguarding the health of the nation and ensuring that only registered wholesome water and other regulated products were produced and sold to the public.
Ameh appealed to members of the public to always provide information to NAFDAC on illegal water production as well as producers of regulated products.
To this end, NAFDAC instructed workers in the sealed factory to stay out of production until they could meet the requirements to resume production.
The factory operates with NAFDAC Registration number: B 1-08941L, and is situated at Ndubuisi Adioha drive, Owerri West LGA of Imo.
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