NAFDAC gazettes regulations on fat, oil to safeguard Nigerians health

<h2>The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says the body has gazette the reviewed Fats, Oil and Food containing Fats and Oil Regulation 2022, in a bid to safeguard the health of Nigerians.</h2>, <p>Adeyeye stated that the development was in line with the 2018 World Health Assembly in Geneva to eliminate industrially-produced Trans Fatty Acid (TFAs) from global food supplies to reduced Non-communicable Diseases(NCDs) globally.</p>, <span>Prof Mojisola Adeyeye, NAFDAC Director-General</span>, <p>Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye the Director-General of NAFDAC who made this known in a briefing in Lagos on Monday, August 7, 2023 said the agency also gazetted Pre-Packaged Food Labelling Regulation 2022.</p>, <p>Adeyeye said the development was in line with the 2018 World Health Assembly in Geneva to eliminate industrially-produced Trans Fatty Acid (TFAs) from global food supplies to reduced Non-communicable Diseases(NCDs) globally.</p>, <p>According to her, the World Health Organisation (WHO) statistics indicate that NCDs, including heart disease, stroke, cancer, diabetes, and chronic lung disease, are collectively responsible for 74 per cent of all deaths worldwide.</p>, <p>She said that in Nigeria, NCDs were estimated to account for about a quarter of total deaths, noting that the probability of dying between ages 30 & 70 years from the main NCDs is 20%.</p>, <p>Adeyeye said:” NAFDAC gazetted two regulations on fat and oil to determine the minimal amount allowable in foods to safeguard the health of Nigerians.</p>, <p>“We also have the labelling gazette that will show the quantity of milligrams of fat and oil in our food.</p>, <p>“The emergence of these two reviewed regulations implies that the 2005 versions of these two regulations stands as repealed regulations without jeopardy from whatever was purportedly done.</p>, <p>” What we eat can kill and we want to make sure Nigerians don’t eat what will kill them.</p>, <p>“WHO has recommended one of these two policy pathways for implementation by