{"id":55471,"date":"2024-10-24T18:04:34","date_gmt":"2024-10-24T18:04:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/nafdac-shuts-eatery-over-poor-hygiene-practices-in-abuja\/"},"modified":"2024-10-24T18:04:34","modified_gmt":"2024-10-24T18:04:34","slug":"nafdac-shuts-eatery-over-poor-hygiene-practices-in-abuja","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/nafdac-shuts-eatery-over-poor-hygiene-practices-in-abuja\/","title":{"rendered":"NAFDAC shuts eatery over poor hygiene practices in Abuja"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, on Thursday sealed an eatery in the Federal Capital Territory, due to inadequate Good Hygiene Practice.<\/p>\n<p>NAFDAC also confiscated food raw materials suspected to be contaminated with rodent faeces and droppings, citing unhygienic packaging.<\/p>\n<p>Head of NAFDAC\u2019s FCT Directorate, Mr Kenneth Azikiwe, who made this disclosure stated that the enforcement team acted on a tip from a customer and an order from Director-General Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye.<\/p>\n<p>Azikiwe said that the operation was aimed at promoting public health safety and ensured safe, quality food for Nigerian citizens.<\/p>\n<p>He stressed that agency\u2019s mandate includes supervising manufacturing, distribution, and adherence to regulations.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, all restaurants must comply with NAFDAC Food Hygiene Regulations, ensuring safe and quality food processing.<\/p>\n<p>Azikiwe said that the agency would penalise the eatery according to its regulations, which outline penalties for poor hygiene practices.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBefore imposing penalties, NAFDAC will assess the eatery\u2019s premises, staff, facilities, and raw material sources,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Azikiwe encouraged other FCT restaurant operators to obtain NAFDAC\u2019s food hygiene documents and certification, highlighting the agency\u2019s ongoing evaluations and potential benefits.<\/p>\n<p>He urged restaurant operators in the FCT to visit NAFDAC\u2019s office or website (www.nafdac.gov.ng) for safety guidelines and information.<\/p>\n<p>NAFDAC shuts eatery over poor hygiene practices in Abuja<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, on Thursday sealed an eatery in the Federal Capital&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":55472,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4660,5097,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-abuja","category-nafdac","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55471"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55471\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}