Director-Common of the Nationwide Company for Meals and Drug Administration and Management, NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, has mentioned that the sachet alcohol ban is within the curiosity of youngsters.

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Adeyeye spoke on Friday in an interview on Come up Tv, monitored by DAILY POST.

She mentioned, “The mandate of NAFDAC is to control and management the manufacture, importation, exportation, commercial, distribution, sale and use of seven regulated merchandise, together with alcohol beneath meals.

“Upon assuming workplace in 2017, I used to be notified by my administrators about sachet alcohol.

“Some of these sachet alcohol drinks have an alcohol content material of 44 % and may be simply squeezed into the pocket of a secondary faculty scholar as a result of of their accessibility.

“We had an settlement with producers, Ministry of Well being, Federal Competitors and Shopper Safety Fee
FCCPC and Affiliation of Meals Beverage and Tobacco Employers, AFBTE, to present a five-year interval to finish the sale of alcohol in sachet packaging.

“We’re not banning alcohol; we’re banning sachet alcohol packaging.”