Emmanuel Adigwe
Alcohol packaged in sachets will soon be withdrawn from the markets by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC).
This was disclosed by the NAFDAC Director-General, Professor Mojisola Adeyeye, who stated that this was necessary to curtail drug abuse in the country.
“There is a timeline now for sachet alcohol to be taken off the market. I have also warned the distilleries to start educating the public on the danger of alcohol before consumption,” she said.
She narrated that there was a time she visited a local distillery in the company of some NAFDAC officials and saw a well-packaged product not knowing it was alcohol since it was packaged as a breakfast pack.
“I was shocked when they told me it was alcohol,” she said.
Adeyeye lamented that these sachets drinks were easily accessible to kids and teenagers saying that the agency would suspend further registration of alcohol in such packages.