•Bags of ‘pure water’ The Association of Table Water Producers (ATWAP) has revealed that the price of pure water may surge to N100 per sachet owing to the rising costs of production materials. Addressing the media in Lagos, the group outlined the numerous challenges they are currently grappling with, including the exorbitant cost o...
The federal government has declared its intention to review the ban on alcoholic beverages packaged in sachets and PET bottles that are less than 200mls. This followed a peaceful protest staged at the Federal Ministry of Health, Abuja today, Wednesday, February 21, by the members of the Food, Beverage & Tobacco Senior Staff Association (FO...
Members of the Food, Beverage and Tobacco Senior Staff Association of Nigeria has given the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) 14 days to reverse its ban on sachet alcohol. The association, an affiliate of the Trade Union Congress (TUC), issued the threat during a protest at the NAFDAC headquarters in [&helli...
•Prof Moji Adeyeye The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, yesterday, said there was no going back on the ban of the importation, manufacture, distribution, sale, and use of alcoholic beverages in sachets, PET, and glass bottles of 200ml and below. NAFDAC’s Director-General, Prof Mojisola Adeyeye, insisted that the ba...
•Bags of sachet water a.k.a. Pure Water The Association of Table Water Producers (ATWAP) says it will shut down and suspend production in all water producing factories in Enugu State due to unbearable high cost of production. This is contained in a statement issued by the Chairman of ATWAP, Enugu State Chapter, Mr Tony Edike, […]
•Alcohol in sachet Members of the Distillers and Blenders Association of Nigeria have said they are storming the Lagos office of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control to protest against the ban on the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages in sachets. In an invite sent to this paper yesterday, the […]
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