The National Agency for Food, Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has warned citizens to desist from using chemicals or other unnatural methods to ripen consumable fruits, as such has a lot of very harmful irreversible health hazards. The Director-General of the agency, Mojisola Adeyeye, who spoke during the South- East Zone Media Sensitization Workshop on
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Drug hawkers merchants of deaths – NAFDAC
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has expressed worry over menace of drug hawking and artificial ripening of fruits with calcium carbides across the country. It described drug hawkers as merchants of deaths, stressing that their activities are not only illegal but wicked. Delivering a lecture on Tuesday in Awka,
Read moreNAFDAC set ablaze N4.2bn fake drugs, substandard products in Anambra
…says action was in line with Agency’s mandate to eradicate fake drugs and other spruious NAFDAC regulated products from circulation The National Agency for Food Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Friday destroyed fake drugs, counterfeit, expired and unwholesome products worth over N4,282,302,738.00 in Awka in Anambra state. The substandard products were set ablaze by combined
Read moreExpired drug dealer abandons shop, flees as NAFDAC storms Onitsha market
Owner of one of sexual enhancement drugs shops in Onitsha, Anambra State on Friday abandoned his store and fled following visit of officers of National Agency for Foods and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) to the area. NAFDAC Chief Laboratory Technologist, Usman Amen, who led the investigation and Enforcement Directorate team from Lagos, said the
Read moreNAFDAC raises alarm over certain foreign products
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has issued an alert on certain United States products. The notice followed the recall of some confectioneries produced by a company, Mars Wrigley Confectionery US, LLC. NAFDAC Director-General, Prof Mojisola Adeyeye signed the notification, with No.034/2022, issued on Friday. Mars Wrigley had announced a
Read moreNAFDAC destroys vaccines, other products worth billions of naira
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), says it has destroyed counterfeit medical products worth billions of naira in Kano and Anambra states. NAFDAC made this known in a statement by the agency’s resident media consultant, Mr Olusayo Akintola, and issued to newsmen on Sunday in Abuja.Akintola said products destroyed by
Read moreJUST IN: No COVID-19 vaccine is approved yet – NAFDAC
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Friday stated that it has not approved any COVID-19 vaccine. It warned fake vaccines have started circulating in the country, urging the public not to purchase such drugs as they can cause COVID-19-like illnesses and can lead to death. It also urged government
Read more6 pharmaceutical firms shut down by NAFDAC for violating regulations
The Director-General of the National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, said on Monday the agency has shut down six pharmaceutical firms for non-compliance with Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP). Adeyeye disclosed this in a statement issued by NAFDAC Resident Media Consultant, Mr. Sayo Akintola, in Abuja. She said NAFDAC action
Read moreNAFDAC Confirms Use Of Chloroquine For COVID-19 Treatment
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has confirmed the use of chloroquine for the treatment of COVID-19. The agency, however, noted that chloroquine could be administered in the early stage of the COVID-19 infection as prophylactic treatment. NAFDAC Director-General, Professor Christianah Mojisola Adeyeye, disclosed this at an online interactive session
Read moreNAFDAC denies approving PAX herbal remedy for treatment of Coronavirus
National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has said that the agency is currently processing 21 herbal products for “Safe to use” or Listing status which it said most of the applicants claimed to be immune boosters and anti-infectives, and can be used to relief symptoms that could be associated with Coronavirus.
Read moreCOVID-19: NAFDAC to monitor quality of Chinese medical supplies – FG
The Federal Government has stated that the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control would monitor and ensure the overall quality of medical supplies that were brought into the country from China yesterday. Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, made this known in a statement, where he stated that the team was not in
Read moreNAFDAC Intercepts Three Trucks Loaded With Fake Drugs in Asaba
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has confiscated three vehicles loaded with fake and substandard drugs in Asaba. Dr Christiana Esenwah, Deputy Director, NAFDAC, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday in Asaba. Esenwah who heads Investigation and Enforcement on Counterfeit and Fake
Read moreWarn Nigerians to Desist from Using Paracetamol to Cook – Reps Urge NAFDAC
Nigerian House of Representatives has called on the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control to sensitise Nigerians against using paracetamol to boil meat. At the plenary on Thursday, the House mandated NAFDAC and other relevant agencies to urgently embark on widespread sensitisation and public awareness against the consumption of food tenderised and
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