Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof. Moji Adeyeye, has expressed concern over the recurrent rejection of food and agricultural commodities from Nigeria by the United States of America (U.S.A) and the European Union (EU) member-countries over alleged poor quality.
Prof Adeyeye enjoined all the regulatory agencies at the port, which ensure high quality of imports and exports, to find solutions to Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) Border Rejection Notifications from the European Commission on products originating from Nigeria.
The NAFDAC voiced her concerns at a virtual technical roundtable meeting with other Federal Government agencies, like the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Foreign Portfolio Investments (FPIS), Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), Nigeria Export Promotion Council (NEPC), and Institute of Public Analysts of Nigeria (IPAN).
Speaking on the topic: Quality and Safety of Export Food Trade, Prof. Adeyeye decried the bad image the repeated rejection of commodities from Nigeria by the EU had caused the country.
In a statement yesterday in Abuja by the agency’s Resident Media Consultant, Sayo Akintola, Prof. Adeyeye said: “NAFDAC has a statutory responsibility to safeguard public health through the execution of its mandate.
“We are charged with the responsibility to regulate and control the manufacture, importation, exportation, distribution, advertisement, sale and use of food, drugs, cosmetics, medical devices, bottled and packaged water, chemicals, generally referred to as NAFDAC-regulated products.”
