The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has issued a public alert concerning the circulation of fake Ginny non-dairy creamer milk in Nigerian markets. In a disclaimer issued on its official website recently, NAFDAC points out that “the product is widely distributed and sold across the country, particularly in the northern part of Nigeria due to its high demand.” The agency added that, “The falsified brands of Ginny Non-dairy Creamer have been observed to be lagged with several labeling irregularities indicating non-compliance with NAFDAC’s pre-packaged food labelling guidelines.
” NAFDAC also pointed out several discrepancies between the original Ginny Creamer and the falsified one which include differences in the company of production and distribution, production date, batch number and country of production. According to NAFDAC, the genuine Ginny Creamer was imported by “Satnam Investment Nigeria Ltd, Desiree Plaza 2 Sheraton Road, Opebi, Ikeja, Lagos”, while the fake one was manufactured by “Oki General Trading Llc Dubai (U.A.
E).” It further highlighted that it observed that the falsified batch of Ginny Creamer did not specify ‘Creamer’ or clearly stated whether the product is diary or non-diary. It noted that the term ‘milky’ is indicative of milk ingredients but this is contradictory to the actual product content.
In addition, pictorial representation of cows are misleading as the ingredients do not include a diar.