NAFDAC Warns Public, Healthcare Providers on Counterfeit VISITECT HIV Test Kits
According to NAFDAC, the VISITECT CD4 Advanced Disease assay is a rapid diagnostic test used to identify patients with severe HIV infection. The instrument-free test can detect low CD4 levels in approximately 40 minutes using blood samples. It is commonly used in resource-limited healthcare settings to determine which patients require urgent treatment.
NAFDAC Busts Two For Altering Product Expiry Dates in Plateau
The National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) raided a warehouse in Apata community, Jos North Local Government Area, arresting two suspects for altering expiry dates on expired goods. Emma Nwobi and Yusuf Hassan were apprehended during the operation, accused of deceiving consumers by repackaging outdated wines and hot drinks. The raid […]
No Going Back On December 31 To End Sachet Alcoholic Production, Senate Tells NAFDAC
….Says We Can’t Continue To Expose Our Youths To Cheap, Easily Accessible Alcohol Lucky Obukohwo, Reporting The Senate has vowed not to rescind on its December 31 deadline given to the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) to put an end to the production of alcohol in sachets and small bottles […]
NAFDAC Impounds N1.2B Unregistered, Fake Malaria Drugs
…Says Seizure Prevented 500,000 Nigerians From Taking Counterfeit Drugs Lucky Obukohwo Reporting The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), said it has prevented 500,000 Nigerians from taking counterfeit drugs as it impounded 277 cartoons of the fake and unregistered Malamal Fort malaria drugs worth over N1.2 billion […]
NAFDAC Refutes Claim Banning Tummy Tummy Noodles, Maggi, Others
Lucky Obukohwo Reporting The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has refuted an audio recording making the rounds claiming it has closed down the manufacturing facility of Tummy Tummy noodles in Anambra State and imposed a ban on tinned tomatoes and Maggi seasoning cubes. This is contained in […]
NAFDAC Reopens Onitsha Drug Market After Major Crackdown on Counterfeit Medicines
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has reopened the Onitsha drug market, shut since February 10, following a sweeping sanitisation operation aimed at purging the market of counterfeit and banned medicines. The closure, initially enforced to prevent clashes with traders, concluded with the seizure of over 50 trailers of illicit […]
NAFDAC Intensifies War on Fake Drugs: 3,000 Shops Sealed, 24 Trucks Confiscated
Toba Owojaiye reporting Lagos, Nigeria In a sweeping crackdown on counterfeit pharmaceuticals, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has sealed over 3,000 drug shops in Lagos and confiscated 24 truckloads of fake and substandard drugs in Anambra and Abia states. The renewed enforcement effort underscores the agency’s […]