The Director-General of the National Agency
for Food and Drug Administration and
Control, NAFDAC, Prof Moji Adeyeye on
Sunday decried the incessant rejection of
food and agricultural commodities from
Nigeria by the United States of America USA
and the European Union member countries
over what she described as “poor quality”.
Adeyeye in a press statement on Quality and
Safety of Export Food Trade made available
to Vanguard, urged all the regulatory
agencies at the port saddled with the
responsibility of ensuring high quality of
imports and exports to find urgent and
lasting solutions to Rapid Alert System for
Food and Feed (RASFF) Border Rejection
Notifications from the European Commission
on products originating from Nigeria.
Adeyeye lamented the resultant bad image
the repeated rejection of commodities from
Nigeria by the EU has caused the country.
She expressed concern over the volume of
food and agricultural commodities from
Nigeria that is currently facing challenges at
entry points in some countries in Europe
and the US where they have been repeatedly
rejected.

‘’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.’’
“NAFDAC is designated as World Trade
Organization/Sanitary and Phytosanitary
Enquiry Point in Nigeria on Food Safety to
facilitate international trade, and respond to
enquiries on safety standards, regulations,
and guidelines on food trade in Nigeria.
Adeyeye said internationally, Nigeria’s
products meant for the export market are
faced with the presence of contaminants
such as pesticide residues, notoriously
dichlorvos and other impurities, exceeding
maximum permitted level and some with
inadequate packaging and labelling which
had caused a lot of products’ rejections in
the global market.
She noted that the international market is
competitive in nature and only welcomes
products of high quality with relevant
certifications and quality packaging that is
environmentally friendly, to trade globally,
stressing that the problem of quality,
standard, certification, and appropriate
packaging for made-in-Nigeria products
destined for export has been an issue in the
international market and there is a need to
address the issue of rejections.
The NAFDAC boss disclosed that the Agency
has over the years intervened to assist
Nigerian exporters to meet with
international regulations thereby creating
employment and earning foreign exchange
for Nigeria.
Through this intervention by NAFDAC, she
added that it was agreed that these
products be subjected to 100 per cent pre-
export testing and issuance of Health
Certificate to products with satisfactory
limits before European Union further verifies
at their border control points.https://www.vanguardngr.com/2021/08/made-in-nigeria-foods-nafdac-raises-alarm-over-rejection-by-us-eu/
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9ja and GaraGara product na 5&6 oo!
All these garagara stuff comes from Aba Region oo!
Nafdac you need to intervene quickly to save our prestige as giant of africa??

Let's give more room to quality

We really need to meet international standards of food export. BTW, plenty Nigerians neva see food chop na to export dey worri una abi.

HungerBAD! Rest in peace soldier.

Nafdac has substituted inspection with bribery

Dora Aikuluyi best DG of NAFDAC has gone,

Nigeria is just a failure in every aspect...corruption has really dented the image of this country so much....oduduwa nation is the answer

Only the beef from my region could be exported. Other foods from the south are contaminated.

NAFDAC has alot of works to do. Most Nigerian people now mind profit alone. Most of the soft drinks in Nigerian Market should be looked at by NAFDAC.

What do you expect when even the presidency no get quality. Una dey learn

US produces almost everything they need...d best quality there is. They only buy from other countries for the interest of international relations and diplomacy. So why would they accept the substandard foods from a country whose president doesn't give a damn about diplomacy and human rights?

Nafdac and SON lacks integrity, so u can't expect US and Europe to trust ur compromised quality/certification.
Bunch of Corrupt fellows that place greed and corruption over quality and integrity