The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control says it will no longer approve new registration for alcohol packaged in sachets. The NAFDAC boss said that alcohol packaged in sachets had greatly contributed to increasing drug and alcohol abuse in the society. Adeyeye said that the agency would also phase out the use of pet bottles for packaging of alcohol to address the increasing spate of abuse in the country. “The agency is keen on having herbal medicines widely accepted as safe, hence we will continue to test them for clinical efficacy before giving full registration status. “We are also on a mission to turn herbal medicines into products that can be commercialised through collaboration between traditional herbalists and academic researchers.

Source: Punch February 12, 2019 20:26 UTC