{"id":2000121327,"date":"2026-08-02T18:54:58","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T16:54:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/?p=2000121327"},"modified":"2026-08-02T18:54:59","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T16:54:59","slug":"ingufu-gin-nbg-among-alcohol-manufacturers-shut-down-by-rwanda-fda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/ingufu-gin-nbg-among-alcohol-manufacturers-shut-down-by-rwanda-fda\/","title":{"rendered":"Ingufu Gin, NBG among alcohol manufacturers shut down by Rwanda FDA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The regulator announced on August 2, 2026, that the action followed regulatory inspections and compliance assessments, with the measures being taken \u201cin the interest of public health.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rwanda FDA said it had closed the affected manufacturing facilities, revoked their licences and ordered the withdrawal of all products from the market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Among the affected companies is Ingufu Gin Ltd, whose products listed for recall include Red Waragi, Rabiant Gin, Ngufu Gin, King\u2019s Vodka, Royal Castle Gin, Medal Gin, G&S Rum, New House Potable Spirit, Club Potable Spirit and Hometown Potable Spirit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NBG Ltd was also ordered to halt production, with products including United Flavoured Gin, Bombastic Coconut Flavoured Gin, Ingwe Flavoured Gin, Amerikaan Flavoured Gin, Maguma Gin and Fimbo Blended Banana Brandy subject to recall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other manufacturers affected include SKY Drop Industries Ltd, Africana Buffalo Ltd, NOPA Company Ltd, Roots Investment Group Ltd, Rugali Agro-processing Company and Zhonglu Industrial Liability Company Ltd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The recalled products from the companies include various brands of gin, whisky, vodka, rum, brandy and other flavoured alcoholic beverages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rwanda FDA instructed the manufacturers to immediately begin a full recall process and direct their distributors to collect the listed products from clients and return existing stock to the manufacturers\u2019 premises.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The manufacturers have been given three working days to submit recall reports to the regulator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Distributors and retailers were also directed to immediately stop selling or distributing the affected products and return remaining quantities to their suppliers, distributors or manufacturers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNon-compliance with all the above will result in measures under applicable regulatory provisions,\u201d Rwanda FDA warned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The authority further urged consumers to immediately stop consuming the listed alcoholic beverages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rwanda FDA said additional affected manufacturing facilities will be announced in due course as regulatory enforcement continues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Rwanda Food and Drugs Authority (Rwanda FDA) has shut down several alcoholic beverage manufacturing facilities, including Ingufu Gin Ltd and NBG Ltd, and ordered the recall of products produced by the affected companies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":131,"featured_media":2000121328,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[151,69],"byline":[192],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-2000121327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-editors-choice","tag-homehighlights","byline-wycliffe-nyamasege"],"bylines":[{"id":192,"name":"Wycliffe Nyamasege","slug":"wycliffe-nyamasege","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":131}],"contributors":[{"id":192,"name":"Wycliffe Nyamasege","slug":"wycliffe-nyamasege","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":131}],"featured_image":{"id":2000121328,"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/08\/hq-29c59-d08a6.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":1000,"height":592,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/08\/hq-29c59-d08a6.jpg","width":1000,"height":592},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/08\/hq-29c59-d08a6.jpg","width":1000,"height":592},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/08\/hq-29c59-d08a6.jpg","width":1000,"height":592},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/08\/hq-29c59-d08a6.jpg","width":1000,"height":592},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/08\/hq-29c59-d08a6.jpg","width":1000,"height":592}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000121327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/131"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2000121327"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000121327\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2000121329,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000121327\/revisions\/2000121329"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000121328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2000121327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2000121327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2000121327"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=2000121327"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=2000121327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}