The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has commenced mopping up of banned foreign fruit juices in Kaduna markets.
Natim Mullah- Dadi, the State Coordinator of the agency said the exercise was a follow-up activity on the federal government’s import prohibition list with emphasis on super markets.
Dadi said the essence of the exercise was to safeguard health of the general public and ensure healthy environment, stressing that the products were unregistered and were being used by residents.
He explained, “There is an import prohibition list that bans the importation of fruit in retail pack into the country and Kaduna State is inclusive.
“All fruit juices in retail pack are banned and people should avoid buying them because when you engage in selling such products, they are not made in the country and people do not have adequate knowledge about what the product is all about.
“All juices in retail packs must be done away with in all super markets and central markets so that we can save lives.
“We are mopping up all the foreign fruit juice in the markets so as to encourage our manufacturers here in the country and to also create job for our youths.”
He said all products that were banned could not be sold in the country because they did not have the Agency’s registration number.
He advised the general public to always check manufacturing, expiration dates and NAFDAC registration number of products before consumption.
He added, “We have always communicated to the sellers that before they sell product, make sure they have NAFDAC registration number and also the buyers must do same.”
Dadi added that with the activities, the agency will continue to sensitise the sellers of such products until there was total compliance.
“We will continue the mop up exercise and use it as avenue to sensitise the sellers of these products.
“We shall also organise a re-awareness workshop for all super markets and retail owners around Kaduna State to enable them see reasons for the products’ ban and products that shouldn’t be in sale,” he emphasized.
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