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The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has closed a bakery in Sokoto State for using unfortified sugar and banned bromate. Mr. Garba Adamu, the NAFDAC State Coordinator, informed the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday, July 13, 2024, that the bakery was identified during a special raid by the agency’s […]
A joint operation by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) and the Pharmacist Council of Nigeria led to the sealing of 1,321 patent medicine stores in Kano’s Sabon Gari open market. This action followed a Federal High Court order instructing drug dealers to relocate to the Coordinated Wholesale Centre at […]
In a recent operation, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), in collaboration with the Pharmacist Council of Nigeria (PCN), raided and sealed 1,321 patent medicine outlets in Sabon Gari open market in Kano. The joint enforcement action came in response to a court order directing drug dealers to vacate their […]
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has revealed that more than 50% of certificates for imported pharmaceutical products in Nigeria are fake. The Director-General, Prof Mojisola Adeyeye, disclosed this during a stakeholder meeting in Abuja. The certificates, issued in the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended format, are meant to assure […]
By Adamu Shehu Imam National Food Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) warned Nigerian community to desist of patronizing drug hawkers and ripening fruits with calcium carbide described the practice as dengerous to the survival of humanity. The Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Professor Mojisola Adeyeye gave […]
The Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof Mojisola Adeyeye has warned Nigerians that the consumption of fruits ripened with calcium carbide may cause damage to the heart, kidney and liver. Adeyeye also said fruits ripened with calcium carbide have the tendency to cause cancer, frequent thirst, irritation […]
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) said on Tuesday that Noodles made in Nigeria are safe for consumption and have nothing to do with the noodles produced in Taiwan and Malaysia. Director-General of NAFDAC, Mojisola Adeyeye said this as a guest on a popular TV show, ‘Your View’, aired on […]
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says it will investigate allegations of a cancer-causing chemical found in Indomie noodles. Health officials in Malaysia and Taiwan said they had detected ethylene oxide, a compound, in Indomie’s special chicken flavour noodles. Ethylene oxide is a colourless, odourless gas that is used to […]