The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, has strongly warned manufacturers and dealers in regulated products to stop producing and selling fake and substandard items.
Director of the agency, South East zone, Martins Iluyomade, gave the warning at a stakeholders’ meeting on Friday in Owerri, Imo State capital
The meeting was organised by the State Director of the agency, Mercy Ndukwe, for the officials of various associations who deal in NAFDAC-regulated products in the state.
Iluyomade disclosed that the agency vowed to ensure that products manufactured and sold in the country were locally and internationally certified as standard.
He enjoined the officials to ensure that the quality of products they bring out during production inspection is the same as the ones they sell to Nigerians without being supervised.
“NAFDAC is now going beyond testing your products only at the production inspection stage.
“We have constituted a committee that goes into the markets to purchase any product of our choice for our personal analysis,” he said.
The State Director of NAFDAC, had earlier noted that the essence of the meeting was to partner with the stakeholders and inform them of the activities of the agency for the year.
Ndukwe also said the meeting was aimed at ensuring that the stakeholders did not ignorantly default against NAFDAC guidelines while going about their businesses.
Remarking, the state Chairman of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria, Dr Norbert Ajero, vowed that members would continue to do their best to support the activities of the agency.
