Daily Archives: March 14, 2017

Court orders NAFDAC to compel NBC to warn consumers against drinking Fanta, Sprite with Vitamin C

A Lagos High court in Igbosere, on Monday ordered the National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) to compel the Nigerian Bottling Company Limited (“NBC”), producers of Fanta and Sprite soft drinks to include health warnings on its label which says that the drinks cannot be taken with Vitamin C.

According to a report in The Nation Newspaper, Justice Adedayo Oyebanji made the order while delivering a judgement on a case brought before it by a Lagos businessman, Dr. Emmanuel Fijabi Adebo of Fijabi Adebo Holdings Ltd against NBC and NAFDAC.

SON seals warehouses belonging to wines and general merchandise importer for selling expired products

The Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON) said it has sealed the warehouses of Jouf Ventures Nigeria Limited, a major importer of wines, cosmetics and distributor of general household merchandise, for selling expired products as new.