Health

By Fasilat Lawal

National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has destroyed unregistered and unwholesome products worth about eleven billion naira.

The exercise which took place at the Oyo State Government-approved dumpsite in Akinyele Local Government Area of the state was witnessed by NAFDAC Director General, Professor Mojisola Adeyeye. 

Professor Adeyeye who was represented by the Director of NAFDAC South West Zone, Mrs Roseline Ajayi, explained that the items destroyed were seized in the five states of the Southwest Zone and, Kwara State in the North Central due to their nearness to the zone.

The NAFDAC Director-General listed the items set ablaze by the agency, including expired products that were voluntarily forfeited by people in the drug distribution channel, unregistered and unwholesome products that were raided from different outlets and warehouses, fake and counterfeit as well as unregistered imported products smuggled into the country. 

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Professor Adeyeye pointed out that the public destruction of the products was to show the people that the seized items were not diverted for personal use but to prevent them from being circulated and consumed by the public.

The DG who noted that the exercise was carried out under close monitoring in an approved dumpsite to reduce the impact of environmental pollution, solicited the continued partnership from sister agencies and Nigerians to keep the country safe and free from unwholesome, substandard, fake and counterfeit medicine and other regulated products. 

The Head of Investigation Enforcement Directorate, NAFDAC, Mr Mohammed Shaba who said products worth 98.2 billion naira were also destroyed by the agency in October this year, urged the public to see reporting activities of manufacturers of fake products, expired products being repackaged, as a civic responsibility. 

Mr Shaba stated that NAFDAC had signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MOU, with the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS and the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, to strengthen their collaboration in combating product counterfeiting and trafficking of illicit drugs. 

In a remark, the Chairman, the Oyo State Hospital Management Board, Dr Akin Fagbemi reiterated Governor Seyi Makinde’s administration’s efforts in safeguarding the health of citizens and applauded NAFDAC’s transparency in its destruction of the confiscated products.

The event featured goodwill messages from the Nigeria Customs Service, NSC, Nigeria Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, and Nigeria Police Force, among others. 

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Health

The Director-General of the National Agency for Food, Drugs Administration and Control, NAFDAC, Professor Mojisola Adeyeye, has hinted at the reasons behind banning the ‘Indomie Super Chicken’ flavour in Nigeria.

Citing fewer clinical tests, registration and production of the flavour in the country, Adeyeye said the agency has commenced sampling and analysis of other Indomie noodles flavours including their seasonings for the presence of ethylene oxide.

She assured Nigerians of a thorough investigation of the products both at factory and market levels.

In a statement made available signed by the agency on Tuesday and made available to newsmen, Adeyeye claimed that the outcome of the sampling and analysis of the products would be made public.

It partly read, “Indomie instant noodles products and other brands of noodles registered by NAFDAC for sale in the Nigerian market are manufactured in Nigeria and are only granted NAFDAC registration status following a strict regulatory regime covering all aspects of Good Manufacturing Practice.

 “The Management of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC is aware of the recall of Indomie Instant Noodles ‘Special Chicken Flavour’ by the Ministries of Health in Malaysia and Taiwan on account of the alleged presence of ethylene oxide, a compound associated with an increased risk of cancer.

“NAFDAC, as a responsible and responsive regulator, is taking swift actions to carry out random sampling and analysis of Indomie noodles (including the seasoning) for the presence of ethylene oxide, as well as extending the investigation to other brands of instant noodles offered for sale to Nigerians.

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Yoruba

Àjọ tó rísí ìpeniye ónjẹ àtòògùn nílẹ̀ yíì, NAFDAC, ti gbé àwọn ilésẹ́ tó ńpèsè omi mẹ́tàdínlọ́gbọ̀n pa nótorí àigbéwọ̀n tóò àwọn ilésẹ́ náà.

Olùdarí àgbà NAFDAC, Ọ̀jọ̀gbọ́n Mojisọla Adeyẹye ẹnitó sọ èyí nípasẹ̀ asojú àti olùdarí ẹ̀ka ọ̀rọ̀ àwùjọ, Ọ̀mọ̀wé Jimọh Abubakar sàlàyé pé, ìgbésẹ́ náà níse pẹ̀lú àisí ìmọ̀tóòtóò tópéye àwọn ilésẹ́ ọ̀hún.

Ọ̀ jọgbọn Adeyẹye wá sèkìlọ̀ fáwọn ilésẹ́ tó ńpèsè omi nílẹ̀ yíì, láti máà gbé ìgbésẹ̀ tóòye páàpáà àyíka tóò le kúrò.

Ọga-àgbà àjọ NAFDAC, ohun, kò sài wá gba àwọn ilésẹ́ náà níyànjú láti ma se ohun gbogbo níbamu pẹ̀lú òfin, yóò kojú ìjìyà tó bá yẹ.

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Health

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, says over one trillion naira worth of counterfeit products were destroyed by the agency in the past two years, including the destruction of goods worth one point two billion naira in December 2019.

The Director-General of NAFDAC, Professor Mojisola Adeyeye, stated this at the Government House in Asaba, whilst on a courtesy visit to the state to discuss measures to strengthen collaboration between the government and the agency.

Radio Nigeria correspondent, Oghenero Eghweree has the details.

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Oghenero Eghweree