There was alarm on Friday when police impounded more than five thousand bales of counterfeit and expired baby diapers in a go down along Mombasa road.
According to reports, the owner of the diapers had hired workers to stick fake Kenya Bureau of Standards stamps on the diapers worth an estimated 30 million shillings.
The workers had also erased expiry dates on the diapers, most of which had lasted beyond their sell-by dates. Six suspects were arrested during the operation.
The new revelation raises an alarm over the quality products being sold in the country.
In June this year, KRA officials and police arrested several people in different parts of the country with illegal sugar which had been laced with mercury.
KRA seized 3,000 bags of contraband sugar at a godown in Meru town. County Commissioner Wilfred Nyagwanga said the sugar, which was imported from Brazil, was being repackaged into bags to indicate it was sourced from Zambia.
At least 13 workers who were repacking the commodity at Kanini Haraka Wholesalers were arrested during the raid, alongside the manager of the godown.
In August, police nabbed one million bags of contaminated rice in Mombasa. A team of detectives working on a report compiled by Kenya Association of Manufacturers (KAM) and Government agencies, including the National Intelligence Service (NIS), seized the goods last month.
The investigators also confiscated more than 400 containers of cooking oil which, they noted, did not meet required standards.
Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) stated that the rice, originally from Pakistan, had been condemned as unfit for human consumption but somehow found its way into Kenya.
The consignment was past the expiry date by three years and in addition, the Kenya Bureau of Standards (Kebs) refused to clear more than 400 containers of 20kg jerricans of cooking oil from Malaysia.
According to the Director of Criminal Investigations George Kinoti, rogue importers were printing new bags that were transported to the high seas and used to repackage the contaminated rice.