The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has declared the ban on sale of Sniper and other brands of agricultural formulations of Dichlorvos following widespread suicide cases and misuse of the products.
The Director-General of NAFDAC, Prof. Moji Adeyeye, said this in a statement on Wednesday.
Adeyeye said from September 1, 2019, Sniper and other related products would not be sold in supermarkets and in the open markets.
The NAFDAC boss noted that such products should only be used for outdoor purposes and not private homes.
The statement read in part, “NAFDAC is giving a two-month (up to August 31, 2019) notice to brand owners/distributors to recall and withdraw their products from open markets and supermarkets that do not have garden corner/shelves to the agro dealer outlets.
“The sale of Sniper insecticide and other Dichlorvos brands in open markets and supermarkets nationwide is prohibited with effect from September 1, 2019. NAFDAC is giving a six-month moratorium up to January 1, 2020 for brand owners to exhaust the products that are in various accredited agro-input dealers (distributors/marketers/retailers) outlets.”
The agency ordered the obligatory listing of dealers, distributors, marketers and retailers of agrochemicals.
All NAFDAC formations are expected to collect the list to guarantee continual monitoring of all agro dealers in their states, the statement stated further.
The agency said CropLife Nigeria, in collaboration with NAFDAC, had agreed to provide remedies against Dichlorvos poisoning in tertiary and secondary medical centres across Nigeria, as well as the reformulation of all Dichlorvos preparation to include “bitter agents and vomiting induced agents.”
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