NAFDAC seals 3 factories producing packaging materials for banned sachet alcohol drinks
Abeokuta, July 2026 – The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has sealed three factories for producing banned alcohol sachet and PET bottles in Ogun State.
Kunle Ojo, Assistant Director in Investigation and Enforcement Directorate in NAFDAC, said on Monday that the enforcement followed continued production of alcohol packaging products prohibited by NAFDAC.
He listed the affect ted companies as Intercontinental Distilleries Ltd., Shashi Distillery Ltd. and an undisclosed factory owned by Nigeria Distillery Ltd.
Ojo said the undisclosed factory was discovered as a result of the agency’s ongoing second phase of nationwide enforcement of the Federal Government’s ban on the products.
He said NAFDAC officials had earlier visited Nigeria Distillery Ltd. at Kilometre 14, Idi-Iroko Road, but found nothing, but later received intelligence report on the company’s undisclosed factory on July 24.
Ojo described the number of prohibited packing materials found in the sealed companies as mind-boggling.
“We discovered uncountable 100ml alcoholic bottles, packaging materials for sachets and already producing sachet alcohol still on production machines at the facility.
“We also noticed today that after sealing the factory some of the items we found on Friday are missing, this is a serious violation and it will be dealt with administratively,” Ojo said.
He said that NAFDAC had earlier visited Intercontinental Distilleries and Shashi in January to stop the use of 22 machines producing sachet alcoholic drinks and evacuated packaging materials for alcohol beverages below 200ml.
Ojo said during another visit on July 24, the agency discovered old packaging materials for alcohol beverages below 200ml at the factories prompting NAFDAC to seal the factory.
“When we came in last week, we discovered old packaging materials and those machines we placed on hold were producing the banned products again.
“This is exactly why we decided to close down the entire factory because what NAFDAC said they should not produce, they are secretly producing,” he said.
Ojo said that NAFDAC would continue to intensify effort to sanitise the country of banned products to safeguard public health of the public
