NAFDAC to Ban Sale and Use of Alcoholic Beverages in Packages below 200 Ml

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has enacted a ban on the sale, distribution, import, and use of alcoholic beverages in packages below 200 ml.

Affected are those packed in sachets, pet bottles, and glass bottles. The agency’s director general, Professor Mojisola Adeyeye, at a news conference on Monday in Abuja that the deadline issued to manufacturers of such categories of alcoholic beverages expired on January 31.

She said during the raid by the NAFDAC enforcement team, it was discovered that some of the manufacturers are still producing the banned categories of alcoholic beverages in small quantities.

The statement partly reads “It will surprise you to know that in the course of the enforcement actions it was discovered that some manufacturers of these banned products were still in production of the banned products and still had stacks of both finished products and packaging materials of the products in their possession.

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This situation is of course not acceptable, and the Agency views this as flagrant disobedience to the laws of Nigeria.

NAFDAC views this matter seriously and will engage all statutory means, which may include prosecution, to deal with the matter.

I want to use this medium to ask all holders of alcohol in sachets, PET and Glass bottles, empty sachets, PET bottles, empty Glass bottles, and other packaging materials of these banned products to immediately report to the Investigation and Enforcement Directorate of NAFDAC for hand-over of same to NAFDAC for destruction, to prevent sterner measures including prosecution.

NAFDAC is resolutely committed to the strict implementation of the regulations and regulatory measures towards safeguarding the health of Nigerians, particularly the vulnerable youth, against the dangers of reckless consumption of alcohol”.