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June 20, 2019
Sniper:NAFDAC Bans Production OfSmaller Packs, Other Chemicals
In a bid to control suicide cases inthe country, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control,NAFDAC on Thursday banned the production of smaller packs of Sniper and otherharmful agro-chemicals.
Disclosing this on Thursday,Director, Veterinary Medicine and Allied Products Directorate, NAFDAC, HusmanBukar, the opined that the products hurt applicators and the environment theyare applied.
He announced stricter measures tocurtail the use of Sniper in homes to end the abuse of the pesticide which inrecent times had been associated
He said, Agrochemical companies havebeen given the grace period of between now and December 2019 to withdraw allglyphosate formulations with tallow-amine from the Nigerian market.
Also speaking, the UPL CountryManager, Shanni Srivastava, said his company was working towards ensuring thatonly safer and environmentally friendly herbicides are introduced in theNigerian market for the benefit of farmers. He said the debut of Lifeline wasto offer a better and safer alternative to paraquat which in several countriesin Africa had been banned.