Sniper poisoning
The selling of Sniper and
Dichlorvos (an organic phosphate used as an insecticide) items in open stores
and a supermarket are prohibited by the National Agency for Food and Drug
Administration & Control (NAFDAC).
NAFDAC's director-general, Moji
Adeyeye, made this announcement in a statement on Wednesday.
Nigerians had demanded the
product's outlawing due to the prevalence of suicides involving it.
The restriction, according to
Adeyeye, is in place as of September 1 and states that indoor use of these
goods is not permitted.
To recall the goods from open
shops, the FDA gave brand owners and distributors until August 31. It also gave
manufacturers a six-month deadline to use up all of the supplies they have in
their inventory at authorized outlets for agricultural inputs.
Agro-dealer shops have been given
a two-month warning from NAFDAC to recall and remove their items from open
markets and supermarkets without garden corners or shelves, according to the
statement.
"Starting on September 1, the
nationwide sale of Sniper pesticide and other Dichlorvos brands in open markets
and supermarkets is outlawed. For brand owners to exhaust the products in
various authorized agro-input dealers' (distributors', marketers', and
retailers') outlets, NAFDAC is providing a six-month moratorium till January 1,
2020.
The organization mandated the
mandatory listing of agrochemical dealers, distributors, marketers, and
retailers.
Smaller Sniper packs were
previously prohibited from being produced by NAFDAC due to their accessibility
and cost to suicide sufferers.
On Tuesday, the Senate demanded
that the federal government halt all domestic manufacturing, importation, and
distribution of the Sniper pesticide.
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