NAFDAC cautions media, trado-medics against illegal adverts
National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has warned the media and traditional medicine practitioners against advertisement of unregistered products without confirmation from the agency.
Bauchi State coordinator of the agency, Mohammed Muazu, gave the warning in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) yesterday.He said the agency would not tolerate unauthorised manufacture, sale and advertisement of unregistered herbal products in any media outlet. Muazu said any traditional medicine practitioner involved in illegal manufacturing and unauthorised advertisement would have their products impounded and themselves prosecuted.
The coordinator, however, urged the media to desist from illegal advertisement of products not confirmed by the agency, as it was against the Act establishing it.He noted that the clampdown on illegal traditional medicine practitioners, herbal companies and clinics become very imperative to save the lives of their patients. “Before any herbal company goes on air with its products, they have to first of all get registered and clearance from the agency for any kind of advertisement,” he said.
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