THE National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has assured consumers of move to put necessary measures in place to control influx of unregistered alcohol drinks in Nigerian markets.
Its Director-General, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, stated this in a statement in Abuja yesterday.
“Efforts are being made by NAFDAC to control such products by holding back on further registration of alcohol in such packaging,” she said.
Adeyeye explained that this was part of her submissions at the just concluded 41st session of Codex Alimentarious Commission (CAC) in Rome, Italy.
The Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC) is an intergovernmental body with over 180 members, within the framework of the Joint Food Standards Programme established by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Health Organisation (WHO).
It was to protect the health of consumers and ensuring fair practices in the food trade and promotes coordination of food standards work undertaken by international governmental and non-governmental organisations (NGOs).
“Alcohol is available in sachets in Nigeria and these products are dangerous to children due to ease of accessibility.