Read food labels before purchase, consumption – NAFDAC DG urges Nigerians

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has urged Nigerians to cultivate the wont of speechmaking nutrient labels earlier purchasing packaged foods to marque healthier dietary choices and trim the hazard of non-communicable diseases.

Speaking astatine the motorboat of the Read the Food Label Campaign successful Abuja on Friday, the Director-General of NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, said nutrient labels supply important accusation connected the nutritional contented and information of products and should beryllium consulted earlier purchase.

“The quality of consumers to understand, construe and use accusation connected nutrient labels has ne'er been much important,” she said

According to her, excessive depletion of foods precocious successful sugar, salt, saturated fats and trans fats has contributed to the rising cases of hypertension, diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular diseases and different diet-related illnesses successful Nigeria.

Prof. Adeyeye noted that the campaign, organised successful collaboration with improvement partners, aims to amended nutrition literacy and empower consumers to marque informed nutrient choices. 

 “Reading nutrient labels should go a regular signifier for each consumers, stressin...