In a bid to rid the country of fake and substandard products, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has dismantled an illegal alcohol factory in Badagry. The agency, in a statement on Sunday in Lagos, by Mr Sayo Akintola, NAFDAC Resident Media Consultant,...
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The Federal Government has mandated all Chief Medical Directors (CMDs) and Medical Directors (MDs) of Federal Tertiary Hospitals to procure needles and syringes solely from NAFDAC-approved local manufacturers. The new directive is contained in a circular addressed to all CMDs and MDs signed by the Minister of State...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has given more insight on why it banned the sale of Dex Luxury Bar Soap (No 6 Mystic Flower) in Nigeria. NAFDAC Director-General, Prof Mojisola Adeyeye, in a public alert with No. 012/2024,...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – A couple in Lagos State has been arrested by operatives of the Zone 2 Police Command, Onikan, for allegedly producing and distributing various adulterated alcoholic beverages. The Zonal Public Relations Officer (ZPRO) SP Umma Ayuba, confirmed the arrest in a statement on Tuesday...
A cleric, Pastor Godwin Kalu, has cautioned traders to desist from selling fake products, warning that it could land them in hell. Kalu, Presiding Pastor, Divine Encounter Church, Satellite Town, Lagos, said this during a market evangelism programme in Lagos. It was organised by the church at the...
Scores of liquor sellers, on Thursday in Ibadan, staged a peaceful protest against prohibition of production and sales of sachet alcoholic beverages in the country by National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC). The protesters, under the aegis of Oyo State Liquor Sellers Association of...
The National Agency for Food Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has shut down some unregistered sachet water production factories in Anambra. The companies were said to be producing water in unhealthy environment and operating without subjecting their processes to regulatory standards. Coordinator of NAFDAC in Anambra, Louis Mmadubuatta,...
The House of Representatives Committee on National Agency on Food, Drugs Administration, and Control (NAFDAC), has ordered suspension of ban on sale of spirits and alcoholic drinks in sachets and pet bottles. The suspension is pending the outcome of its investigation on the matter. Rep. Regina Akume, Chairman,...
Some hoodlums on Monday attacked officials of NAFDAC who were on enforcement operation against substandard drugs in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the officials were attacked by the hoodlums during a raid at Area 1 motor park. The hoodlums harassed the enforcement officers...
The ban on alcoholic beverages in sachets and pet bottles less than 200ml may cause manufacturers and other stakeholders across the food and beverages value chain to lose investments worth over N800 billion. The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) and Distillers and Blenders Association of Nigeria (DIBAN)...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has sanctioned two pizza outlets in the FCT for using expired dough blend seasoning. The FCT Director of NAFDAC, Mr Ozigis Abdulsalam, made this known in a statement in Abuja on Friday....
Some medical practitioners have lauded the move by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) to enforce the ban on the importation, manufacture, distribution, sale, and use of alcoholic beverages in sachets, PET, and bottles of 200 ml and below. The physicians who spoke...
The Trade Union Congress (TUC) and Food, Beverages and Tobacco Senior Staff Association (FOBTOB) on Tuesday held a peaceful protest against the National Agency Food and Drug Administration Control (NAFDAC)’s directive to shut down companies manufacturing alcoholic sachet drinks. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the...
Officials of National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), on Tuesday, began enforcement of ban on sachets of alcoholic drinks in Osun. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the NAFDAC officials visited some of the factories where the alcoholic beverages were being produced...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Sokoto/Zamfara States Customs Area Comptroller, Musa Omale, on Wednesday handed over 1,198 cartons of pharmaceutical products containing 3027 unregistered drugs of various categories to the National Agency for Food and Drug Control (NAFDAC). Addressing newsmen before presenting the consignments to...
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Thursday sealed two drug shops and a pharmacy at Idumota and Surulere areas of Lagos for selling unregistered and control drugs. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the two shops sealed at Idumota are...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has alerted Nigerians about some counterfeit Meronem 1g Injection being purchased in Nigeria. The Director-General of NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, stated this in a public alert No. 036/2023 issued on Tuesday...
The Police Command in Kano on Saturday said it confiscated 820 cartons of suspected fake and expired drugs at Malam Kato Market in Fage Local Government Area of the state. In a statement by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Abdullahi Kiyawa, in Kano, the drugs were recovered from...
The National Agency For Food And Drug Administration And Control (NAFDAC), has certified the use of GLUCOZIL for the treatment of diabetes mellitus. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that GLUCOZIL, a herbal drug, is produced by Edo Government-owned Ambrose Alli University Ekpoma. NAFDAC’s approval of the drug...
The Ogun Government says it has begin a public sensitisation on the risk of consuming locally-brewed alcoholic drinks and other products not approved by National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC). Special Adviser to the Governor on Health, Dr Tomi Coker, made this known in...