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) on Monday said it would commence the random sampling of Indomie noodles, including the season­ing from the production facili­ties and the markets, today. The agency said it is in­vestigating allegations of the presence of a cancer-causing chemical in Indomie noodles, which is a popular brand in Nigeria. This is …

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Wednesday alerted Nigerians about a killer cough syrup, NATURCOLD. Its Director-General, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye said the cough syrup already caused the death of six children in Cameroon. She said the cough syrup was not in NAFDAC’s database, advising importers, distributors, retailers, and consumers to avoid the importation, distribution, sale, …

The Federal Government has granted the regulatory approval for the R21/Matrix developed by scientists at Oxford University. This was announced by the Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration And Control (NAFDAC), Mojisola Adeyeye during a press briefing on Monday. Adeyeye said that the vaccine is to address the prevention of malaria in children from five months …

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has pledged its continued support for the Nano Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (NMSMEs) to enable them to act as catalyst for the nation’s economic transformation. At a meeting recently organised by the Lagos State Office of the agency with NMSMEs operators in the nation’s commercial capital, NAFDAC’s Director …

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 …

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has called for a synergy between the Nigeria and India pharmaceutical sector with a view to providing unhindered access to medicines that are safe, efficacious, affordable and of required quality. At the India-Nigeria Pharmaceuticals and Health Industry forum in Lagos last Thursday, NAFDAC’s Director General, Prof Mojisola Adeyeye noted …

The partnership between the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFADC) and the University of Medical Sciences (UniMed), Ondo, Ondo State will formalise collaboration between the two institutions and commit them to working closely together in training, capacity building, institutional building, applied research and community-based projects. At the signing ceremony of a Memorandum of Understanding between both …