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 …

Despite the exit of notable pharmaceutical companies from Nigeria, the India Consul General, Shri Chandramouli Kumar Kern has affirmed that Indian manufacturers remain committed to investing in the country. During the inauguration of a multi-billion Naira pharmaceutical facility by Artemis Laboratories Limited in Ota, Ogun State, by the Director General of National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control …

The Executive Secretary of the Distillers and Blenders Association of Nigeria (DBAN), John Ichue, has urged the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) to reverse the ban placed on the production of alcohol in sachets and pet bottles below 200 millimetres. On 1st of February, NAFDAC commenced the enforcement of the ban on alcoholic beverages in …

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) yesterday began the enforcement of its ban of alcoholic beverages packaged in small sachets across the country. The agency carried out the enforcement in different parts of the country and arrested violators of its laws. In Jos, the Plateau State capital, it sealed three alcoholic beverage producing factories for …

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has commenced the enforcement of the ban on the importation, manufacture, distribution, sale, and use of alcoholic beverages in sachets, PET, and glass bottles of 200ml and below. The Director-General of NAFDAC, Prof Mojisola Adeyeye, stated this on Monday at a press conference in Abuja. “As of 31st January …