The Kano State Consumer Protection Council (KCPC) removed 5,964 bottles of expired soft drinks from circulation after an enforcement operation at Singer Market in Kano.
The intervention followed a tip that a trader was keeping large quantities of soft drinks that had passed their expiry dates for possible sale to consumers. Enforcement personnel were dispatched to the market to verify the complaint and stop the products from reaching the public.
Alhaji Auwalu A. Muhammad, Director of the council’s Enforcement and Removal of Substandard Products Department, said the operation was part of the agency’s statutory responsibility to safeguard consumers.
“The council will continue to discharge its duties in line with the law, without favouring anyone,” Muhammad said.
KCPC urged residents to remain alert and to report any information that could help prevent unsafe products from finding their way into the marketplace.
<small>Source: Daily Post Nigeria — read the original story there.</small>
