The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC has sealed-off about 27 packaged water companies over substandard Good Manufacturing Practices, GMP, with over 2000 others registered within eight months.
NAFDAC however cautioned producers of packaged water in the country against compromising standards as it would not hesitate to clamp down on any found wanting.
Director General of the Agency Mojisola Adeyeye, who spoke through her representative and Director, Public Affairs, NAFDAC Jimoh Abubakar, challenged producers of packaged water to be mindful of the enabling law on production to avoid being penalized.
Adeyeye spoke at the National Convention of the Association for Table Water Producers of Nigeria, ATWAP, with a theme:” Developing a packaged water industry as a catalyst to economic growth and a greener economic in Nigeria” held in Abuja.
She explained that the agency’s action of sealing off the companies for poor standard was part of efforts towards not only sustaining good hygiene in the packaged water industry but also for a greener environment.
