The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has raised the alarm over the nationwide proliferation of unapproved herbal products, which it describes as “dangerous”.
The NAFDAC Director General, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, told journalists in Abuja on Monday that most of the herbal medicines were in the form of snuff and oral liquids, which she said were mainly sold by street hawkers.
She also noted that the enforcement team of the agency was commencing a nationwide clampdown on the manufacturers and traders who sold such “uncertified” products.
The NAFDAC Director General, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, inspects some items during a press conference on “dangerous” unapproved herbal products in Abuja on Monday, June 19, 2023.
The professor said the agency has commenced a nationwide mop-up of a substance referred to as “sacra herbs” in circulation.
According to Adeyeye, it would also not be out of place to put on record some other related enforcement actions carried out late last year.
