Chiffy Supermarket Shut Down By LASCOPA For Selling Expired Products

• Chiffy Supermarket has been shut down by LASCOPA for selling expired goods.

• Prompt action was taken by the agency after receiving a notification from a customer who had visited the supermarket.

• It has been discovered that some of the products being sold at the supermarket have expired several months ago.

EKO HOT BLOG reports that Chiffy Supermarket, situated at 3 Oduduwa Crescent GRA in Ikeja, has been sealed by the Lagos State Consumer Protection Agency (LASCOPA) for the sale of household products and toothpaste that have passed their expiration dates.

The General Manager of LASCOPA, Afolabi Solebo Esq, promptly took action after receiving a tip-off from a consumer’s Facebook post, which alerted both the agency and the public to the sale of expired products at Chiffy Supermarket in GRA Ikeja.

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Upon arrival at the supermarket, Solebo disclosed that the toothpaste and other products found in the store had no price tags and were all expired. He added that some of the products displayed for sale at the supermarket were discovered to have expired several months ago while being sold to unsuspecting consumers.

He said, in line with the T.H.E.M.E.S Agenda of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, such acts would not be tolerated in Lagos State, stressing that the matter is already before a court of competent jurisdiction for prosecution.

Solebo, who reiterated LASCOPA’s mandate of protecting the interest of consumers against expired, hazardous and substandard products, said that the supermarket would remain shut and placed under surveillance, while samples of the products confiscated would be destroyed by the relevant Government Agency.

Afolabi averred that the action became necessary to rid the State of all forms of unscrupulous and unfair trade practices and to further ensure the safety of consumers from the dangers of expired products which may lead to sickness or even death for innocent residents, He further stressed that the era of cheating and short-changing consumers by unscrupulous businessmen and women in Lagos is over.

Solebo, therefore, urged members of the public to always speak out if they find such acts that negate consumers’ safety or visit the Agency’s Head office located at 2b, Soji Adepegba Close, Off Allen Avenue, Ikeja, or any of its Annex offices at Badagry Local Government Secretariat, Bariga LCDA Secretariat, Ikoyi-Obalende LCDA Secretariat and Ikorodu Local Government Secretariat.

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He implored concerned members of the public to call 08092509777, 08124993895, 09064323154 or send Emails to lascopa@lagosstate.gov.ng or lascopa@gmail.com to report any individual or company that infringes on their rights.

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