₦airaland Forum

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has begun enforcing its ban on alcoholic beverages sold in sachets and PET bottles below 200ml.

The agency commenced the enforcement by targeting distributors at Rumuokoro Market in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital.

A statement released by the South-South Zonal Director of NAFDAC, Pharm. Chukwuma Oligbu, and signed by the Public Relations Officer for the zone, Cyril Monye on Friday, confirmed the discovery of large quantities of the prohibited products in two shops during the enforcement exercise.

The banned items, comprising hundreds of cartons of alcoholic drinks in sachets and PET bottles, were put on hold as the traders became confrontational, obstructing efforts to remove the products.


Oligbu stated that manufacturers were given a five-year notice in 2018 to discontinue the production of these beverages, with the grace period expiring in December 2023.

He noted that the ban was officially announced by NAFDAC’s Director-General, Professor Mojisola Adeyeye, in February 2024.

“The ban of these alcoholic beverages was a decision of multilateral committee set up by the federal government that involves all stakeholders in the business and NAFDAC will not standby while the lives of young Nigerians are been endangered by spirits,” Oligbu emphasized.

The statement further warned manufacturers to cease production of the banned items, stressing that NAFDAC will intensify its crackdown on offending companies and continue seizing such products from supermarkets, shops, and hawkers nationwide.

Source: https://dailypost.ng/NAFDAC-enforces-ban-on-alcoholic-beverages-below-200ml-in-Port-Harcourt

Good move as this sachet drinks are addictive.

FTC

😂😂😂😂😂

So Sachet Chelsea is now an "Endangered species"

Well..... We misused the privilege.

Giving room to fake products and people consuming these things to react badly on our system.

If care is not taking, some people will begin to produce AZUL in sachets and sell.

they should also BAN GOVERNMENT from making people Miserable through their policies

Good move...
Bitters everywhere...with ridiculous names


Night charger
Power Bank
Oga abeg

This country funny ba, u are enforcing from the retailers and distributors end and not the manufacturers. Even the enforcers are part of the drinkers.
The sachet drinks is not the reason for bad economy and inflation. God will never forgive Tinubu and his likes

calabaman:
Good move as this sarchet drinks are addictive.

But the bottled ones are not
NAFDAC just wants people to drink more than 200mls alcohol make dem kolo finish.

Make Dem no do an near Lagos oooooo..... If not those Jobless APC miscreant shouting OWO DA at the busstop will die

Fénu ja nko

If you are wise, you will quit drinking alcohol.

rickyjoe:
This country funny ba, u are enforcing from the retailers and distributors end and not the manufacturers. Even the enforcers are part of the drinkers.
The sachet drinks is not the reason for bad economy and inflation. God will never forgive Tinubu and his likes

Clace people everywhere

Okay

Those small plastics drinks i dey take am well.. Striker Alogen old port and co... Na Ghana teach us this thing from Alomo bitters

It's a good move towards saving lives though it would deprive us of precious spirit drink. But let the government help reduce the price of bottle alcoholic beer by removing the heavy tax on alcoholic bottle beverages which would serve as alternative.

Okay

Nothing concern me but E dey mind

Godsonkemz:
It's a good move towards saving lives though it would deprive us of precious spirit drink. But let the government help reduce the price of bottle alcoholic beer by removing the heavy tax on alcoholic bottle beverages which would serve as alternative.

We have a very useless government with misplaced priorities

NAFDAC dey find money for Christmas

Come Oshodi!

Misplaced priority

This will compound suffering of Nigerian traders and increase health challenges such as depression and high blood pressure which alcohol consumption helps to reduce

All BAT policies are anti masses

calabaman:
Good move as this sarchet drinks are addictive.

as if d content different from the one's wey dey 200ml bottles
use ur brain

Richtaiwo:

PoorKehinde

I don't understand, are they harmful to the human body?

Una will kill person be that o. Ogogoro wey dey save people for this T-Pain tenure

ideatoprince18:
Make Dem no do an near Lagos oooooo..... If not those Jobless APC miscreant shouting OWO DA at the busstop will die

1d1ot. It’s a national ban, but nafdac just testing the waters if enforcement from PH.

Read!

Very good move 👍

Lot's of fake and substandard products this days hiding under the disguise of satchet alcoholic herbs and bitters .

When you are clueless and bereft of ideas on what to do, things like picking up scrap paper and emptied satchet water plastics from dirty and crowded streets, would seem like a mighty and important task.
The only thing Nigerian government are truly good at, are reducing the purchasing power of Nigerians and limiting their economic opportunities..