NAFDAC, Drug Sellers Collaborate in Gombe
NAFDAC Borno State Poised to Stop Health Threatening Possible Artificial Method of Ripening Fruits
Artificially ripened fruits where Calcium carbide is used is inimical not only to sound and good health, but also dangerous to the consumer by rendering the fruits poisonous due to the hazardous nature of acetylene gas, phosphorus and arsenic that forms when calcium carbide reacts with water. Sequel to theContinue Reading
NAFDAC Sanctions Supermarket, confiscate unwholesome products
(FLOWERBUDNEWS) In our effort to ensure the availability of all right quality and safe products in Bauchi state, Nafdac undertook unscheduled surveillance visit to supermarkets, markets and corner shops in the metropolis to ascertain the quality and safety of the regulated products sold in the state. It was during theContinue Reading
NAFDAC advises traditional medical practitioners to register products
The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration Control (NAFDAC) in Gombe on Tuesday called on traditional medical practitioners to register with the Agency to avoid selling unsafe medicine to the public. Mr Gonzuk Nyor, the State Coordinator of NAFDAC, made the call in an interview with the News AgencyContinue Reading
NAFDAC Siezes Unregistered Products Worth One Million Six Hundred And Twenty Eight Thousand, Nine Hundred Naira From Supermarkets
To ensure the availability of all right quality and safe products in the state, the agency seizes unregistered and fake products worth One million six hundred and twenty eight thousand, nine hundred Naira (N 1,628, 900.00). These products include several food products and different kind of cosmetics found in CityContinue Reading
NAFDAC, GS1 To Jointly Host 2nd African Healthcare conference
(FLOWERBUDNEWS) National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control in Nigeria (NAFDAC) is co-hosting the second African Healthcare conference in Lagos, Nigeria, from 17 to 19 September 2019 with GS1. NAFDAC Director-General, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye who announced the conference in Abuja on Wednesday, stated that GS1 is a neutral,Continue Reading
Pharmacists laud NAFDAC for recording success in drug regulations
By Aderogba George The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has been commended for achieving success in the area of drug regulations in the country. The commendation was given on Sunday in Abuja by some pharmacists at the second annual international conference of Nigeria Association ofContinue Reading
NAFDAC urges pharmacists, patent medicine dealers to store medicines with care
(FLOWERBUDNEWS) The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has advised pharmacists and patent medicine dealers to store medicines with due care, to sustain their shelf life and potency. Mr Venatius Ihekire, NAFDAC Assistant Director, Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, gave the advice while speaking with theContinue Reading