South-east Director of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Mr. Martins Iluyomade, has urged manufacturers, shop owners of foods, cosmetics, drugs and medical devices not to obstruct NAFDAC officials during inspections.
Iluyomade gave the warning during the South-east zone stakeholders’ engagement forum on Thursday in Enugu.
He said that the Food and Drug Act gave NAFDAC officials the power to enter premises any time without warrant search.
According to him, the person who contravenes the provision of the Act is liable to conviction.
“The law gives the provision that any proceed made from the sale of unregistered product will be forfeited to the Federal Government,” he said.
Mr Victoria Akudo, SERVICOM Officer, said the agency was all about service delivery and customers satisfaction anchored on timely delivery, transparency and quality.
“SERVICOM only protects you when you do the right thing. When a process is taking time unduly or when you are not satisfied with the services, SERVICOM comes in,” she said.
The Principal Regulatory Officer, Mrs Ogechi Ude, who spoke on Post Marketing Surveillance, said it was the regulatory function of the agency that involved in the assessment of the quality of all NAFDAC regulated products throughout their shelf life.
Ude urged the stakeholders in the food, drug and cosmetics etc to source and buy registered products, adding that they should train their workers to always check products when they were closed to expiration date.
