The acting
Director-General, Nigerian Agency for Food and Drug Administration and control
(NAFDAC), Mrs Oluremi Oni on Wednesday advised exporters of food products to
ensure proper certification to avoid rejection in global market.
Oni spoke to
our correspondent on the sideline of the maiden edition of the Nigeria food
safety and investment forum.
Some
Nigerian products including nuts and seeds used by the snacks and bakery
industries had been refused entry into European countries in the last 2years
According to
her, adequate effort had been put in place by relevant government agencies to
ensure indigenous producers enjoy favorable patronage in the international
market.
She said:
“if you look at the gathering of people at the high table, today, you will find
ministry of agric there, you wonder while agric is there, you wonder why the
are there; science and technology is there, because they are going to give us
the technology and the equipments to use.
“Why is
health there; food and health go together; there is also trade and investment
“All of us
are now collaborating, working together, because it’s a value chain from the
farm; beyond the table because you are going to export.
“And so if
you are going to export, you need to carry NAFDAC along.
“We analyse
your products in the lab and ensure it’s of the right quality and issue you
appropriate certificate to that effect.
“The
Ministry of Agriculture also has its own arm of quarantine that also does that
and issues a certificate.
“What you
find out is that those products that have those two certificates don’t get
rejected.
“The ones
that are rejected are the ones that are smuggled and never pass through NAFDAC.
“So there is
need for sensitization and awareness amongst all of us and Nigeria will be a
better place for us.”
NAN
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