Lagos Seals Supermarket Selling Expired Products
The Lagos State Consumer Protection Agency on Thursday sealed a supermarket in the Ogba area of the state.
The general manager of the agency, Mr. Afolabi Solebo, in a statement said the supermarket, named, ‘Home Affairs Supermarket’ was located on 21 Ijaiye Road, Ogba, and was sealed for displaying expired chocolates and frozen foods on its shelves to be sold to consumers.
He noted that regardless of lots of public enlightenment campaigns and warnings given by LASCOPA, store managers still sell expired and hazardous products that are detriment to human health.
The general manager said he found the expired items on the supermarket shelves on February 23.
According to Solebo, “I told the staff to remove the items which they did in my presence only for the monitoring and enforcement team to go there the following day and discovered that the items were still found on the promo shelf.”
He further added that the agency had to seal the supermarket in the interest of the general consumers in the state, and admonished the public to not hesitate to report any supermarket or shops in Lagos that sells expired products.
