THE National Agency for Food and Drug
Administration and Control has arrested a 56-
year-old man, Christopher Nnabuihe, for
selling faked Peak Milk.
The suspect, who lives at 42, Cameroun Road
in Calabar, Cross River State, has confessed to
the crime.
A NAFDAC statement made available to
Southern City News on Tuesday quoted
Nnabuihe as confessing that he procured
cheap powdered milk and branded and
branded it as Peak Milk, which is more
expensive.
“I buy the already printed (Peak Milk) 440g
packs from Ariaria Relieve Market in Aba, Abia
State and bring it to Calabar for refilling. I
seal them up with candle light.
“One 50 kilogram of the milk will fill 27 pieces
and that is two cartons and three pieces. I sell
one carton of the fake Peak Milk for N6,000
and make a profit of N1,000 per carton.
“You can only suspect it to be counterfeit
through the taste because the packaging for
the fake and the original is the same,” he was
quoted as saying.
The Cross River State Coordinator of NAFDAC,
Dr. Isaac Kolawole, said the agency acted on a
tip-off to arrest Nnabuihe.
“We have been receiving complaints of
adulterated Peak milk from consumers, which
made us to swing into action. The suspect
was arrested when he was supplying the
products to departmental shops.
“Taking such an unwholesome and
questionable product may result in some form
of health problems as nobody can vouch for
the content of the fake product and the good
hygienic practice. We will carry out laboratory
analysis on the product,” he said.
Kolawole warned that the agency would
continue to track persons who indulge in
adulteration of NAFDAC regulated products for
arrest and prosecution.
He said the prosecution of Nnabuihe had
commenced at a Magistrate’s Court in Calabar
while judgment had been fixed for November
28, 2016.
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