NAFDAC Fines Guinness Nigeria Plc N1billion

It looks like its fine season in Nigeria, no more business as usual. The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has fined Guinness Nigeria Plc N1billion for allegedly revalidating expired products without authorisation and supervision, and exposing its raw materials to rodents. See s letter from NAFDAC obtained by Punch Newspapers after the cut...

In view of the above, you are further required to take the following actions: disclosure of all your warehouses in the country and submission of inventory level of the stock thereof; submit a written voluntary consent of forfeiture for destruction of the expired and revalidated raw materials discovered in your warehouse; and submit a notarised undertaking to comply with all the guidelines, rules, regulations and enactments of the agency, and to refrain from any future violations.

Guinness Nigeria Plc is expected to pay the fine, in two weeks.