National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has warned food manufacturing companies that it would no longer accept poorly destroyed expired or stolen products sneaking into the market through scavengers at waste dump site, thereby endangering lives of innocent consumers, particularly, children. At the agency’s Food Safety and Applied Nutrition Directorate Stakeholder’s Engagement with food sector operators …

In response to a viral social media video claiming that Golden Penny semovita contains plastic or harmful contaminants, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has urged the public to disregard these claims and exercise caution when using social media to address concerns about regulated products NAFDAC Director-General, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye urged the public to disregard …

In continuation of finding lasting solutions to the problem of Nigeria non-oil export rejects abroad, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has once again extended hands of collaboration to critical stakeholders in the nation’s ports. The partnership is aimed at working together to revamp the export trade in the non-oil sector and reduce the rejection …

Bread and other confectionery producers have been urged to always imbibe the culture of Good Hygiene Practices (GHP) to ensure the safety of bread and other allied products for public consumption. During a stakeholders’ meeting with the Lagos State chapter of the Association of Master Bakers and Caterers of Nigeria (AMBCN) on Friday, the Director General of National Agency for …

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has raised the alarm over the nationwide proliferation of unapproved herbal products, which it describes as “dangerous”. The agency’s Director General, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye told journalists in Abuja on Monday that most of the herbal medicines were in the form of snuff and oral liquids, which she said were …

The rejection of food exports from Nigeria in some European countries and the United States may soon become a thing of the past if collaboration between the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) and other government agencies at the ports is strengthened. At the commissioning of the NAFDAC office complex for the Murtala Muhammed International Airport/Nigerian …

The National Agency for Food and Drug Control and Administration (NAFDAC) has placed a ban on paraguat effective 1st January next year. Paraquat is a toxic chemical that is widely used as a plant killer, primarily for weed and grass control. The agency also said that chlorpyrifos will be outlawed from 1st November 2024, while atrazine will suffer a similar fate from …

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has raised the alarm about the proliferation of “dangerous” and “unregulated” bleaching creams in the market. The agency warned about the danger on Wednesday in a one-day workshop organised for media stakeholders in Enugu State titled, “The dangers of bleaching creams and regulatory controls”. Delivering an address at the …

National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has admonished packaged and sachet water producers across the country to always adhere to Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), as enunciated by the agency to safeguard the wellbeing of the consumer. At the 2023 World Water Day commemoration in Lagos on Wednesday, NAFDAC Director General, Prof, Mojisola Adeyeye, who was represented by …

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and the Nigeria Customs Service, and some other stakeholders in the health sector have vowed to collaborate in the fight against illicit drug production, trafficking, and use, and in curbing related organised crime. The pledge was made last Thursday in Lagos at …