NAFDAC is partnering NNMDA to develop herbal medicines to ensure safety, efficacy, and global acceptance.
She emphasised the importance of local innovation in achieving self-sufficiency in healthcare.
The NAFDAC boss called for the introduction of the death penalty for drug peddlers, especially those whose actions result in the passing of children.
NAFDAC noted that the operation was to prevent the re-introduction of contaminated items into the market.
She said the guidelines for the Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) in herbal medicine production had been prepared by the agency.
NAFDAC and NCTC have decided to collaborate to fight the menace of drug abuse, alcoholism and chemical misuse.
Ms Adeyeye stated that the agency had extended the frontiers of the fight against substandard products by procuring more Truscan devices to check for quality of products.
NAFDAC boss Mojisola Adeyeye expressed worries over the toxicity associated with the misuse and abuse of pesticides as it affected food safety and food security.
“The public is also hereby informed that the implicated Indomie Instant Noodles ‘Special Chicken Flavour’ is not registered by NAFDAC for sale in Nigeria.”
The statement stated that NAFDAC Director-General, Mojisola Adeyeye, described narcotics and psychotropic substances as indispensable for relieving pain and suffering.
