Tag: NAFDAC
Report on ban, restriction, use of 40% of registered brands of pesticide products in Nigeria by EU untrue – NAFDAC
Jan. 3, 2022 … About 30 pesticides been banned in Nigeria The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says it is not true that 40 per cent of the registered brands of pesticide products in Nigeria were banned or restricted for use by European Union. Prof. Moji Adeyeye, the agency’s Director-General was ...We don’t have drug security in the country -NAFDAC
Dec. 29, 2021 …Says ready to reduce drugs importation to 30% by 2025 The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says it is working on reducing importation of drugs from its present 70 per cent to 30 per cent by 2025. NAFDAC Director-General, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, told the News Agency of ...COVID-19: We weren’t careless, expired vaccines had very short expiration date — NAFDAC DG
Dec. 29, 2021 Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, Director-General of National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), says the agency is working with international partners to ensure Nigeria gets vaccines with long expiration date. Adeyeye spoke against the backdrop of the one million doses of vaccines that expired in November and were destroyed by ...LASEPA, NAFDAC neutralise, destroy 260,000 litres of codeine syrup
Dec. 22, 2021 The Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency (LASEPA) in collaboration with National Agency For Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has neutralised and destroyed 260,000 litres of codeine containing syrup. Speaking during the inspection and demonstration of LASEPA’s Mini Effluent Treatment Plant ( ETP) in Ikeja, Lagos State Deputy Governor, Dr Obafemi ...Regulating vet. medicines, vaccines necessary for food safety – NAFDAC
Nov. 23, 2021 The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says regulation of veterinary medicines and vaccines, pesticides and agrochemicals are essential for achieving food safety and security in Nigeria. The information is contained in a statement signed by Mr. Olusayo Akintola, the NAFDAC Resident Media Consultant, issued to newsmen on ...NAFDAC warns against use, distribution, sale of U.S. recalled drug
Oct. 29, 2021 National Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has cautioned against the sale, distribution and use of recalled lots of Ruzurgi (Amifampridine) 10mg tablets. The agency’s Director-General, Prof. Moji Adeyeye on Friday gave the warning in a statement following the recall of the drug by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (U.S.-FDA). ...Nigeria has huge opportunities for becoming a leading nation in healthcare – Osinbajo
Oct. 19, 2021 Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says Nigeria must build local capacities to ensure health access to all, and take advantage of the opportunities in the sector to become a leading nation in healthcare delivery. Osinbajo noted that there are already clear indications that “we are well on the way,” to getting the job ...NAFDAC shuts down 4 yoghurt production companies in Kaduna over non-compliance
Oct. 8, 2021 The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) office in Kaduna State has closed four illegal facilities engaged in the production of unregistered yoghurt. The State Coordinator of the agency, Nasiru Mato, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Kaduna. Mato ...NAFDAC warns against buying of frozen chicken, turkey, food items preserved with formalin
Oct. 4, 2021 NAFDAC on Monday in Abuja warned Nigerians to shun frozen poultry products and other food items preserved with formalin. Formalin is a poisonous chemical popularly used to preserve corpses in mortuaries. NAFDAC’s spokesman, Dr Abubakar Jimoh, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that unscrupulous business people had been using formalin to ...Buhari condemns Akunyili’s murder, says culprits must face both the judgment of man and God
Sept. 29, 2021 President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed sadness over the gruesome killing of Dr. Chike Akunyili, widower of the late Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control(NAFDAC), Dora Akunyili. This was contained in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, on Wednesday in ...
