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The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has uncovered a warehouse where suspected counterfeit Parago candies were allegedly concealed in cartons bearing different product names.
The discovery was captured in a video released on Thursday, showing NAFDAC officials inspecting the facility and finding the products hidden beneath a tarpaulin and inside cartons labelled as other goods.
In the video, an official explained that the candies were concealed in cartons labelled “Toy with Candy”, although the products inside were identified as Parago.
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“Imagine what we are discovering here in another carton. This same Parago being concealed in a different carton,” the official said.
Pointing to one of the cartons, the official added, “Now see the carton name that we have here. Toy with Candy. Whereas the product inside is Parago.”
The official further disclosed that the suspected counterfeit products had been covered with a tarpaulin.
“This entire tarpaulin is filled with the products. It has been concealed and it is fully Parago that is in here,” the official said.
The video also showed what the official described as the original Parago carton allegedly hidden in a warehouse reportedly used for storing rice.
“This is the original carton of the Parago that was concealed in a store that has rice. This is supposed to be a rice warehouse but here they concealed Parago,” the official said.
The official said the discovery exposed another method allegedly used to hide the products from detection.
The agency has yet to disclose the quantity of suspected counterfeit candies recovered, the location of the warehouse or the identities of those operating the facility.
NAFDAC has also not provided information on whether any arrests have been made.
