NAFDAC
16 Sep
• Warns public to cease use The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has exposed illicit operations involving the importation, sales and distribution of banned crusader soaps containing mercury. The Director General of NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, made this known during a press briefing held at NAFDAC Office Complex in Lagos.…
15 Sep
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has discovered a syndicate specialized in using forged documents to import banned crusader soap containing mercury.
6 Sep
The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has issued stern warning to all Nigerians against consumption of chemically ripened fruits. The agency also described sub-standard drug hawkers as merchants of death and warned the public against patronizing such items from the market to prevent the risk of taking contaminated, substandard, expired…
4 Sep
A renowned professor of Pharmacology in Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Moses Akanmu, has urged collaboration among the academia, traditional medicine practitioners, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), and the Federal Ministry of Health to synergise on comprehensive research and development of African Traditional Medicine (ATM).
31 Aug
Prof. Adeyeye Ahead of African Tr,aditional Medicine Day (ATMD) celebrated today (August 31), the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), yesterday, disowned claims that a listed local herbal medicine, Glucozil, produced by Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Edo State, was approved by the agency for the treatment and cure of Diabetes Mellitus…
28 Aug
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has sensitised its stakeholders on innovations, and updated the public on its activities...
10 Aug
Despite the rejection of Nigeria’s agricultural products in the international market, the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) said it facilitated 3.5 million metric tonnes of export trade through the seaports in the first six months of this year.
9 Aug
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has cautioned Nigerians against ripening fruits with calcium carbide and purchasing drugs from street vendors. NAFDAC's Director-General, Mojisola Adeyeye, represented by Leonard Omokpariola, said this at a sensitisation workshop in Awka, the capital of Anambra State. Adeyeye said the consumption of fruits ripened with…
9 Aug
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), yesterday, advocated media cooperation to stop hawking of drugs by unauthorised persons in the open market. The agency’s advocacy was also aimed at ending artificial ripening of fruits with calcium carbide, insisting that such practices are dangerous to human health. The Director General, NAFDAC, Prof. Moji…
8 Aug
National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), yesterday, announced the gazette of reviewed Fats, Oil and Food containing Fats and Oil Regulation 2022 and Pre-Packaged Food Labelling Regulation 2022.
7 Aug
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says the body has gazetted the reviewed Fats, Oil and Food containing Fats and Oil Regulation 2022, in a bid to safeguard the health of Nigerians.
5 Aug
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Saturday confiscated expired and unregistered products worth more than N15 million in Niger.