{"id":58284,"date":"2024-12-21T12:17:02","date_gmt":"2024-12-21T12:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=58284"},"modified":"2024-12-21T12:17:02","modified_gmt":"2024-12-21T12:17:02","slug":"why-nafdac-shuts-down-eight-rice-shops-warehouse-in-nasarawa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2024\/12\/21\/why-nafdac-shuts-down-eight-rice-shops-warehouse-in-nasarawa\/","title":{"rendered":"Why NAFDAC Shuts Down Eight Rice Shops, Warehouse in Nasarawa&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Alexis Uchendu<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has shut down eight rice shops and a warehouse in Karu Local Government Area, Nasarawa State, for producing and distributing counterfeit rice.<br \/>\nOver 1,600 bags, valued at approximately \u20a65 billion, were seized during the operation.<br \/>\nLed by NAFDAC Director-General, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, the crackdown extended to Wuse and Garki markets in Abuja to safeguard public health during the festive season.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-58286\" src=\"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG-20241221-WA0010-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG-20241221-WA0010-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG-20241221-WA0010-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG-20241221-WA0010-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG-20241221-WA0010.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\nInvestigations revealed the counterfeit rice was repackaged in branded bags such as Big Bull, Royal Stallion, and Tomato Aposo, with empty branded bags also found at the Karu facility.<br \/>\nMr. Kenneth Azikiwe, NAFDAC\u2019s FCT Director, warned counterfeiters of strict legal consequences, stating, \u201cSuspects apprehended during the raid will be prosecuted to deter others.\u201d<br \/>\nNAFDAC reiterated its commitment to ensuring the safety and quality of food products nationwide, especially during festive periods.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Alexis Uchendu The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has shut down eight rice shops and a warehouse in Karu Local Government Area, Nasarawa State, for producing and distributing counterfeit rice. Over 1,600 bags, valued at approximately \u20a65 billion, were seized during the operation. Led by NAFDAC Director-General, Prof. Mojisola [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":58285,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-58284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58284"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58284\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58287,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58284\/revisions\/58287"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}