The National Agency of Food and Drug Administration, NAFDAC, has ordered a halt to the sale of imported fruit juice in Nigeria.
Speaking during a mop-up exercise at Gbagada Lagos State, NAFDAC Team Leader, Mr. Carolly Ngobiri, said the exercise was in line with a circular of December 19 from the Directorate of investigation , directing that an urgent visit to all markets and supermarkets in all states, be embarked upon, to mop-up these items.
“We are here to carry out one of NAFDAC’s mandate; to make sure that all foreign juices are removed from the market. We have given them a deadline from now to December 31 to stop their sales and remove them from the shelves.
“But in order to ensure that these are totally removed, we have started mopping up all the juices all over the country. “By Dec 31, we do not want to see any imported juice in Nigeria.
