General News (Page 746)

By Oluwakemi Oladipo and Omowunmi Alake The National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says it plans to place a 10-year limit on registration of imports on pharmaceutical to encourage local production of drugs. The Director General of NAFDAC, Prof. Christianah Adeyeye said this at a stakeholders’ meeting tagged:Continue Reading

By Fortune Abang Prof. Moji Adeyeye, Director-General, National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), said on Tuesday that the agency would overhaul its cyber space to achieve its operational mandate. Adeyeye said in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja that limited internalContinue Reading

  The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDC) has destroyed two hundred and sixty-eight cases of assorted expired drinks in Taraba State. Officers of NAFDAC on routine surveillance discovered and seized these expired products from many provision stores and drink shops at Kurmi and Takum townsContinue Reading

Operatives of the National Agency for Food and Drug, Administration and Control (NAFDAC) have busted a Lagos-based cartel involved in illegal importation of banned and controlled pharmaceutical products, including tramadol. NAFDAC Boss, Prof Moji Adeyeye said that the successful operations followed a tip-off and subsequent substantive surveillance on nefarious activities ofContinue Reading

NAFDAC seizes controlled drugs worth N105.65m in Lagos The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) operatives had raided a Lagos based cartel and seized controlled drugs worth N105.65 million. The Director-General of NAFDAC, Prof. Moji Adeyeye, made this known in a statement in Abuja on Friday.Continue Reading

By Mustapha Sumaila The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) operatives have seized some unregistered condensed milk and expired products in Jos, Plateau. The Director-General, NAFDAC, Prof. Moji Adeyeye, explained that the products were Roch, Tiona, Dembo brands of sweetened condensed milk products in one kilogrammeContinue Reading

By Peter Okolie The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Friday warned Nigerians against the consumption of rotten tomatoes to forestall cancer. Mrs Christiana Essenwa, a Deputy Director with the agency, gave the warning in an interview with tNews Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Onitsha.Continue Reading

By Mustapha Sumaila The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) said it has shut down six sachet water factories at Okirika Local Government Area of Rivers for operating in an unhygienic environment. The NAFDAC Director of Public Relations Unit, Dr Abubakar Jimoh, confirmed this in aContinue Reading