Fake medicines, drinks and food reach families every day, sold under brand names they know. People get hurt, and the brands they trusted lose their customers.
From the Hebrew word בָּטַח (bah-takh). Across Africa, we help consumers know a product is genuine, manufacturers protect their brand, and regulators pinpoint where fakes are being sold. No system stops every fake. With Batach, we are aiming to help manufacturers, consumers and regulators stop 99 in every 100, and make the last one hard to sell.
Counterfeiters copy the bottle, the tin and the print down to the last detail. On the shelf, you cannot tell if you are holding a genuine product that has not expired or been recalled.
Now you can protect yourself and your family from counterfeits with Batach.
In September 2026, a drink suspected to contain methanol killed at least 48 people after two gatherings in Ondo State, Nigeria. Methanol looks and tastes like ordinary alcohol.
Source: Xinhua and The Drinks Business, September 2026
Before you pour, verify it with Batach. Tap your phone on the neck of the bottle.
In April 2026, Ghana’s Food and Drugs Authority arrested palm oil traders in Koforidua for selling oil coloured with Sudan IV, which is banned in food.
Source: Ghana News Agency, April 2026
Before it goes in your pot, verify it with Batach. Scan the code inside the cap.
That is how many medicines in developing countries are fake or below standard. In sub-Saharan Africa, fake and poor-quality malaria drugs are linked to up to 267,000 deaths a year.
Source: WHO, 2024. UNODC, 2023
Before you take a single tablet, verify it with Batach. Scratch the panel and type in the code.
In February 2026, NAFDAC found tins of baby formula on sale in Kaduna with their expiry dates changed. A four-month-old fed from one fell ill.
Source: NAFDAC public alert 06/2026
Before you mix the first bottle, verify it with Batach. Scan the code on the foil seal.
In February 2026, NAFDAC found a hidden warehouse in Lagos holding over ₦3 billion of banned and fake skin products. Among them were 728 cartons of Crusader soap, banned in Nigeria because it contains mercury. Mercury in soap and cream can damage your kidneys.
Source: NAFDAC, February 2026 and September 2023. WHO
Before it touches your skin, verify it with Batach. Scan the code inside the wrapper.
Counterfeits made up an estimated US$467 billion of world trade in 2021. Every fake with your label on it takes a sale from you, and when one harms someone, your name takes the blame.
Source: OECD and EUIPO, Mapping Global Trade in Fakes, 2025
Protect every product with Batach anti-counterfeiting methods. Your customers can verify it is the genuine product, and counterfeiters find it far harder to copy.
Run product verification for your brand on Batach. Protect every product with anti-counterfeiting methods so your customers can verify it is genuine. You find out as soon as a counterfeit turns up, and where. You can also recall a batch, and anyone who verifies a product from that batch is warned. We will help you choose the right protection for each product. We provide it, set it up with your team and connect it to the systems you already use.
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Run product verification for the brands you import on Batach. Protect every product with anti-counterfeiting methods so your customers can verify it is genuine. You find out as soon as a counterfeit turns up, and where. You can also recall a batch, and anyone who verifies a product from that batch is warned. We will help you choose the right protection for each product. We provide it, set it up with your team and connect it to the systems you already use.
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Use Batach to fight counterfeiting in your country. See suspected counterfeits and consumer reports from across the country as they come in, with the region each came from. You can see the manufacturers and importers you regulate and their products, confirm their registrations, and recall a batch. Anyone who verifies a product from that batch is warned.
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Before you use a product, verify it with your phone. You will know right away if it is genuine and who made it. No app or account needed.
Learn moreTo protect
Families
from counterfeits, by making every genuine product easy to verify, and every fake easy to catch.
Because a hidden code cannot be copied off the shelf. It shows Genuine only on its first verification. If a counterfeiter copies it onto fakes, everyone who verifies one after that is warned that the code has already been verified, and the company that made the product is told where.
No. Batach does not test the contents. Genuine means the code is the real one the company put on that product, and it is the first time that hidden code has been verified. If anything about the product still looks wrong, report it.
Do not use it. Tap “Report a problem with this product” at the bottom of the result and add a photo if you can. The company named on the product gets your report, and so does your country’s regulator if they are on Batach.
Yes. As a consumer, verifying a product is free. You do not need an app, an account or a sign-in. We record when and roughly where each verification happens, but never your name.
Book a call with us, then sign up and send us your company registration documents. Once we have vetted your company, we work with you to choose the right anti-counterfeiting method for each product. We get any NFC tags you need from the companies that make them, and set up Batach with your team. If you import a brand, you also send us a letter or invoice from the company you buy from, or your import documents.
