National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has recalled Benylin Paediatric Syrup, manufactured by Johnson & Johnson. NAFDAC, which disclosed this on its website yesterday, explained that the laboratory analysis conducted on the product showed that it contained an unacceptably high level of Diethylene glycol and was found to cause acute oral toxicity in laboratory animals. “Diethylene …

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has reiterated the need for Nigerian nursing mothers to embrace exclusive breastfeeding of their infants for the first six months of life to improve the health status of their newborns. The agency disclosed that the World Health Organisation (WHO) global target for exclusive breastfeeding is 50 per cent by …

The Minister of State for Health, Dr Tunji Alausa has called for a total ban on the importation of medical syringe to encourage local production and grow the nation’s economy. Also. the Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye reiterated the need for a holistic approach by all the relevant …

Operatives of the National Agency for Food Drug Administration Control (NAFDAC) yesterday morning burst a fake bottled water syndicate that specialised in producing Eva water at Pipe Line Road, Eneka, Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The Public Relations Officer, NAFDAC, South-South Zone, Cyril Monye, who confirmed the development, said the criminal activities of the group were uncovered through a tip-off. Monye …

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) said that its officials shut 10 unregistered bakeries and eight table water factories in Bonny Local Government Area (LGA) of Rivers State. The agency said the move was meant to rid the state of fake and unwholesome products, saying the shutdown was done during an operation which lasted three …

The Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye has reiterated the agency’s commitment to ensuring the availability of narcotics and controlled substances for medical and scientific purposes, while preventing diversion to illicit use in Nigeria. The assertion, however, came against the backdrop of the outcry by the Provost of the …

Irish poet and one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature, William Butler Yeats, aptly put it in his famous The Second Coming. When things fall apart, wrote Yeats, not only can’t the centre hold, even the falcon cannot hear the falconer. I find a corollary in this cause and effects thesis offered by Yeats in the narration of Reverend …

Determined to combat the incidence of Substandard and Falsified (SF) medicines in the country, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has engaged stakeholders in the pharmaceutical products supply chain. At a stakeholder’s meeting by NAFDAC on Thursday, NAFDAC’s Director General, Prof Mojisola Adeyeye emphasised the need to explore how to combat the sale and distribution …

The House of Representatives Committee on National Agency on Food, Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has ordered the suspension of the ban on sale of spirits and alcoholic drinks in sachets and pet bottles. The suspension is pending the outcome of its investigation into the matter. Chairman, House Committee on NAFDAC, Hon. Regina Akume said this in Abuja after a …

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration (NAFDAC) and the Pharmaceutical Council of Nigeria (PCN) have warned manufacturers, importers, company representatives, and all distributors to immediately cease supplying pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and other regulated medical products to facilities or companies in Niger Street, Sabon Gari market, Kano; or elsewhere outside the coordinated wholesale centre in Dangwauro, Kano State. This followed …