NAFDAC

•Fruits The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has warned fruit dealers and sellers against using calcium carbide on fruit ripening for commercial purposes. The warning was made by the NAFDAC Coordinator in Sokoto State, Mr Abdulsalam Lawal, during a public awareness campaign at fruits market today in Sokoto...

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has sealed the Idumota open drug market in Lagos State. This, NAFDAC said was part of its ongoing efforts to eliminate fake and substandard medicines in the country, reports NAN. NAFDAC’s Director of Investigation and Enforcement, Shaba Mohammed, told journalists during an enforc...

•Prof Mojisola Adeyeye The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has proposed the death penalty for drug peddlers. According to the Director-General of the agency Prof Mojisola Adeyeye, only stiff penalties will deter peddlers especially when it leads to the death of children. “Somebody bought children’s medici...

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has destroyed fake, expired, and substandard goods worth ₦1.3 billion in Abuja. The Director General of NAFDAC, Professor Moji Adeyeye, represented by Festus Ukadike, who led officials of the agency to the Kuje dump site in Abuja, said the items destroyed, included drugs...

•NAFDAC boss, Prof Mojisola Adeyeye The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) in Abuja, sealed a Chinese supermarket for allegedly selling goods labelled in Chinese language without its proper notification. It took the action recently to drive home its determination to strengthen food Administration in the count...