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National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has alerted Nigerians to the recall of certain multivitamins and iron supplements in the U.S.
NAFDAC, via its official Twitter handle, stated that the affected vitamin brand is labelled as CINCINNATI (WKRC).
The agency noted that the supplements were sold across the U.S., including by major retailers such as Walmart and Amazon, reports The Guardian.
The recall was prompted by a “risk of serious injury or death” from poisoning, especially among young children, due to improper packaging.
Meanwhile, a special private task force has confiscated unwholesome pharmaceutical products worth N1.3 billion at Kano Pharmaceutical Coordinated Wholesale Centre (KPP-CWC), in Dangwauro village, Kano.
Briefing journalists yesterday, the Chief Superintendent Pharmacist with the centre, Hajiya Furera Ado Muhammed, said the seizure followed a series of quality control mechanisms and regulatory checks introduced after the relocation to the new coordinated wholesale centre.
She said the regulator declared the products substandard after an analysis conducted showed almost 40.3 per cent of pharmaceutical products sampled failed the laboratory test.
According to her, the centre has become a game changer, enabling proper control of the influx drugs and acceptance of quality medicines into Kano, adding that the intervention had saved innocent lives.
