Author: Adewale Kupoluyi
The Director-General, National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, has raised concerns on the looming danger and health implication of ripening fruits with calcium carbide. Adeyeye raised the concern at the flag off of the NAFDAC media sensitisation workshop on dangers of drug hawking and ripening of fruits with calcium carbide in Abuja.She said since 2019, NAFDAC had taken some decisive steps such as sensitisation of the public through different media outlets, enforcement through intelligence and raids in fruit markets that had resulted in seizures and destruction of violative products. She said the ripening…
