*The enforcement team of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, accompanied by security operatives, raid and shut three milk production factories located at Awada, in Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State, South-East Nigeria, for producing, storing milk in open containers and street bottles while scooping same into cans in unhygienic conditions
Isola Moses | ConsumerConnect
As part of efforts at protecting consumers from unhygienic, harmful foods, beverages, and other nutritional items, and for their alleged non-compliance with acceptable production regulatory standards, the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has sealed off three milk production factories at Awada, in Idemili North Local Government Area (LGA) of Anambra State, South-East Nigeria.
ConsumerConnect reports the FCCPC’s enforcement team, accompanied by security operatives, raided the affected factories Tuesday, July 14, 2026, destroying freshly produced milk stored in containers and being scooped into cans in the process.
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Commenting on the enforcement exercise, Ndidiamaka Obialor, South-East Zonal Coordinator of FCCPC, alleged that the dairy products, which the factories were producing posed serious health risks to unwary consumers.
Obialor said several dairy products sold in the market were adulterated, and produced in unhygienic conditions in the area.
The South-East Zonal Coordinator of FCCPC also affirmed that the FCCPC, as the market regulatory Commission responsible for promoting fair business practices, enforcing competition laws, and safeguarding consumer rights, would not tolerate such practices in the West African country.
On hazards of consuming products made under unhygienic conditions
Underlining the health hazards inherent in consuming unsafe products, she further stated: “We cannot fold our hands, continue to watch while these people produce poisonous drinks, and sell to unsuspecting members of the public.
“Look at the environment where they are producing; it is dirty. They pick plastic bottles from the streets, rinse them with dirty water to bottle their soya milk.”
The FCCPC top official explained: “They produce in very unhygienic environment, they package them without any form of PPEs, they just handle with their bare hands.
“No treated water or any form of analysis on the finished products, they just package it and sell to unsuspecting consumers.”
Obialor stated: “They produce in very unhygienic environment, they package them without any form of PPEs, they just handle with their bare hands.
“No treated water or any form of analysis on the finished products, they just package it and sell to unsuspecting consumers.”
She as well lamented the increasing circulation of substandard products, warning that many constituted a danger to public health in Nigeria.
The FCCPC will continue and intensify its enforcement efforts at preventing such products from reaching consumers, the South-East Zonal Coordinator of FCCPC assured Nigerians.
It is also noted that the enforcement team of the Commission, accompanied by Police operatives, arrested the owner of one of the factories, while equipment, and other items used in the production process were confiscated as exhibits during the operation at Awada, in Anambra State.
Additional reporting by Gbenga Kayode.