DSS Busts Syndicate Specialized in Repackaging, Rebranding of Substandard Vegetable Oil
A truck loaded with substandard vegetable oil has been intercepted in Akure,
the Ondo State capital, by officials of the Department of State
Services, DSS, and the Standards Organization of Nigeria, SON, Vanguard reports.
The syndicate, which specializes in repackaging and rebranding of
suspected substandard vegetable oil was busted by both agencies in an
enforcement exercise, following receipt of classified information from
concerned stakeholders in the state.
Also See: SON Discovers 8 Whole Flats Where Expired Products Are Repacked For Sale
Also See: SON Discovers 8 Whole Flats Where Expired Products Are Repacked For Sale
Some of the items recovered from the illegal factory situated along
Irese Road, near Orange FM Station in Akure, were thousands of jerry
cans of different capacities and popular brands as well as two surface
storage tanks of about 15,000 litres capacity each, according to the
SON, Ondo State Coordinator, Engr. Paul Oke.
Speaking on behalf of the Director General, SON, Osita Aboloma, Engr.
Oke stated that the agency benefited from the existing robust
collaboration with the DSS to carry out surveillance activities that led
to the eventual arrest of the leader of the syndicate, who he said has
been in the business for the past four years.
Preliminary investigations, according to the SON state Coordinator,
revealed that the suspect has no evidence of company registration,
disclosing that samples of the suspected substandard vegetable oil have
been taken for laboratory tests and analysis while the truck and suspect
are in custody of the DSS for further investigation to apprehend other
collaborators and the source of the truck’s consignment.
Category: Nigeria National News
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