Underage drinking: NAFDAC begins street-by-street alcohol crackdown
•Says half of minors procure drinks in prohibited packs THE National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has began a street-level crackdown on alcoholic beverages packaged in sachets and bottles below 200ml, following findings that almost half of minors who procure alcohol do so through the banned packaging formats. The agency said the intensified enforcement would target markets, motor parks, retail outlets, bars and distribution centres nationwide, as it moves beyond manufacturers to the last points of sale where prohibited alcoholic products remain accessible to children and young people. Addressing newsmen in Lagos, the Director-General of NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Christianah Adeyeye, said the agency would deploy seizures, intelligence gathering and sustained surveillance to eliminate the banned products from circulation. According to her, research that informed the prohibition showed that 47.2 per cent of minors and 48.8 per cent of underage consumers procu...