The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control says it plans to put in place necessary measures to control the influx of unregistered alcohol drinks in Nigerian markets.
Director-General of NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye in a statement in Abuja today said, this includes holding back on further registration of alcohol in such packaging.
The statement explains that this was part of her submissions at the just concluded 41st session of Codex Alimentarius Commission in Rome.
The NAFDAC boss stated that the harmful use of alcohol was a causal factor in more than 200 diseases and injury conditions affecting maternal health and child development.
The Codex Alimentarius Commission is an intergovernmental body with over 180 members, within the framework of the Joint Food Standards Programme established by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the World Health Organisation.
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