Traders arrested in Kano for allegedly altering expiry dates on milk

Traders arrested in Kano for allegedly altering expiry dates on milk

The Kano kingdom consumer safety Council (KCPC), in collaboration with the leadership of Singer marketplace, has arrested some buyers accused of changing the expiry dates of expired milk products.

The council additionally sealed the shops related to the alleged offence.

In a assertion signed by way of its Director of Public Enlightenment, Jamilu Mustapha Yakasai, the council stated the operation accompanied an emergency name from the Deputy Chairman of the buyers’ firm, Aminu Umar Dogara.

The Director of tracking of traders and merchandise at the council, Auwalu A. Muhammad, stated the decision alerted the council to the alleged malpractice within the marketplace.

He said officers were immediately deployed to the scene to investigate the matter, main to the arrest of the suspects and the closure of the affected shops.

Muhammad stated the council was once dedicated to defensive clients from expired products and items whose facts, condition or quality were altered in violation of the law.

earlier, the government Secretary of the council, Dr Ibrahim Garba Muhammad, stated the KCPC could not allow individuals or buyers to violate consumers’ rights.

He warned that all of us observed responsible of such an offence could be prosecuted and face an appropriate punishment.

Dr Ibrahim commended market company leaders for their cooperation with the council in stopping the stream of substandard and adulterated products in markets.

He said such collaboration might make a contribution to shielding public fitness and consumers’ rights.