NAFDAC- federal government should reconsider bringing the agency back to the ports

   The deputy director, Investigation and Enforcement Directorate of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration Control ,NAFDAC,  Francis  Ononiwu has called on the federal government to reconsider bringing the agency back to the ports in order to drastically reduce fake, counterfeit and imported banned products into the country.

   Addressing journalists shortly after a raid which took place in various markets in Lagos by the enforcement team of NAFDAC, Ononiwu decried the influx of imported fruit juices in the country, blaming it on the absence of the Agency’s staff at the ports.
   He  explained that the mop –up exercise was ongoing nationwide, stating that  NAFDAC is not only going to meet the deadline for the exercise but also to create an enabling environment for local manufacturers of fruit juices in the country.
   Warning consumers against such products, he said since they were not produced under supervised Good Manufacturing Practice, they are harmful to the health of consumers
Ononiwu further said that those arrested would be punished in line with the appropriate sanctions stipulated in the  Agency’s regulations.