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How Lagos State Govt sealed Home Affairs Supermarket for selling expired products

The Lagos State Consumer Protection Agency has sealed a supermarket named, ‘Home Affairs Supermarket’ for reportedly selling expired products.

The agency sealed the supermarket located in the Ogba area of the state on Thursday.

Mr. Afolabi Solebo, the general manager of LASCOPA, disclosed in a statement on Thursday, that the supermarket located on 21 Ijaiye Road, Ogba, was sealed for displaying expired chocolates and frozen foods on its shelves to be sold to consumers.

The manager lamented that despite the agency’s public enlightenment campaigns and warnings, stores still sell expired and hazardous products that are dangerous to human health.

“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 said.

Solebo revealed that he discovered the products expired items on the supermarket shelves on February 23.

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