The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has stopped the registration of alcohol in Sachet and Small volume PET and Glass bottles below 200ml amidst other stringent regulatory measures in a decisive move to reduce availability and curb abuse of alcohol in the country.Director-General of NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Christianah Adeyeye who dropped the hint in Abuja said registration of new alcoholic drinks in Sachet and Small volume PET
and Glass bottles above 30% ABV (alcohol by volume) has been banned by NAFDAC following the recommendation of a high powered Committee of the Federal Ministry of Health and NAFDAC on one hand, Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) and Industry represented by Association of Food, Beverages and Tobacco Employers (AFBTE), Distillers and Blenders Association of Nigeria (DIBAN) in December, 2018.Adeyeye said the Agency will ensure that validity of renewal of already registered alcoholic products in the affected category will not exceed year 2024.
The Director-General , however, explained that Manufacturers of low volume alcohol beverages (200ml) with satisfactory Laboratory reports, which were already submitted to NAFDAC for registration before this decision, have been directed to reformulate their products to stipulated standards free of charge.
According to her, DIBAN was also given a matching order to embark on intensive nation-wide sensitization campaigns against underage consumption of alcohol by adolescents below the age of 18 years in the bid to stem the tide of alcohol abuse in the country.
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Na their money we dey take buy am...they better conbat fake drugs and foods..when did they start developing interest in Nigerians
..... the only thing that gives many Nigerian joy have been taken away from dem. Hmm. I wonder when cigarettes b put to end too
Yes oo this has done more harm than good
Death in a sachet..ban it totally not in sachet alone.
Na today nyash dey back even de nafdac official drink pass de people wey dey mek de drink, abegi mek you look for another news !
Thank God it's NAFDAC not HISBAH, if to say this ban is from Hisbah you will see how drunk people will be displaying madness here
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