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The House Committee on National Agency on Food, Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) led by Regina Akume has ordered the National Agency on Food, Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) to suspended the ban on spirits, alcoholic drinks in sachets and pet bottles. This decision was reached after a public hearing on the situation that also had,  The Deputy Chairman, House committee, Idu Obiajulu;  Minister of State for Health, Tunji Alausa;  NAFDAC DG, Prof Mojisola Adeyeye;  DG of Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), Segun Ajayi-Kadir,  Representatives of the Food, Beverage & Tobacco Employers and Distillers and Blenders Association of Nigeria; Representatives of the spirits and alcoholic drinks producers;  Officials of the Nigerian Police Force; Customs and Excise;  Federal Road Safety Corps;  Organised labour and the civil society were present at the public hearing. After hearing where the NAFDAC DG  claimed the ban was imposed to protect the health and welfare of ch

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has banned alcoholic beverages produced in sachets less than 200ml. The agency said the five-year window given to the manufacturers of the products to stop producing the drinks in sachets and pet bottles which began in 2018 elapsed on January 31, 2024. She said enforcement of the ban commenced on February 1, 2024. The director-general of NAFDAC, Prof Mojisola Adeyeye, while addressing the media over the development in Abuja on Monday, February 5, said the ban was not a sudden development but a result of a multilateral Committee that agreed that the ban would be in phases whereby production would be reduced by 50 percent by 2020 while outright ban would be on January 31, 2024. Given that decision, the DG said NAFDAC did not issue renewal licenses exceeding January 2024 to any manufacturer of the products. According to her, the agency took the route of wiping out the drinks in such sachets because of the negative e