Lagos To Ban Bottled Drinks Exposed To Sunlight

The Lagos State Government says plans are underway to ban the sale of plastic bottled drinks exposed to sunlight.

The General Manager, Consumer Protection Agency, Mr Afolabi Solebo, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday.

“Plastic bottled drinks exposed to continuous sunlight are dangerous to health and cancerous. Therefore, it will be part of our public enlightenment between now and the end of the year.

“So that by 2023, we will not only confiscate such drinks but we will prosecute people that are displaying those products under sunlight.

“We also want to have a stakeholders’ meeting with manufacturers of those bottled drinks to get alternatives for dummy products for distributors to display.

“The essence of displaying those products in the sunlight is to attract consumers to buy. So if you can put dummies in the sun it has no effect since dummies look like the real thing,” Solebo said.

Solebo also urged consumers to always ensure they get value for their money on all products and services rendered to them.

He said consumers had a right under the law to seek redress if they were not getting value and satisfaction for their money.

-Punch