NAFDAC Hints Ban On Alcohol Package in Sachets, Plastics

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says it will no longer approve new registration for alcohol which are packaged in sachets.

The Director General, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, revealed on Tuesday in Ibadan at an interactive session with stakeholders in food and drugs manufacturing in the country.

The NAFDAC General Director said that alcohol packaged in sachets had greatly contributed to increasing drug and alcohol abuse in the society these days which is quite true.

Adeyeye said that the agency would also phase out the use of pet bottles used in packaging of alcohol to address the increasing spate of abuse in the Nigeria.

She said: “The agency remains undaunted in its efforts to reduce the incidence of substandard and falsified products as well as the smuggling and abuse of various products”.

Adeyeye also said that in order to encourage local manufacture of herbal medicines, the agency was collaborating with traditional herbalists and researchers.