The Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has unveiled a technology solution known as Product Authentication Mark (PAM), aimed at curbing the influx of substandard products into the Nigerian market.
Speaking at a sensitisation meeting with stakeholders in Port Harcourt, the Director-General of SON, Farouk Salim, said the technology is also to ensure that all imported and manufactured products meet requirements of the relevant standards.
He described PAM as a digital technology to complement SON’s conformity assessment and manufacturers’ conformity assessment in furtherance of the fight against substandard and counterfeit products in Nigeria.
The DG noted that inspite of efforts of the organisation, substandard products were still being imported and distributed throughout the country through smuggling and use of SON stickers on non-certified products.
Salim said that PAM which has been launched in Lagos and other parts of the country is a digital technology to complement the SONCAP and MANCAP to further fight against influx of substandard and counterfeit products.
Salim said that PAM which has been launched in Lagos and other parts of the country is a digital technology to complement the SONCAP and MANCAP to further fight against influx of substandard and counterfeit products.
He urged consumers to check online authenticity of the products they want to buy in the market to ascertain fake, clone and counterfeit products.
He also advised importers whose products are registered and certified with SONCAP to apply online for issuance of PAM stickers.
