The National Agency for Food,\nDrug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has placed a ban on the sale of\n\u2018sniper\u2019 (insecticide) in open markets and supermarkets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
NAFDAC\u2019s Director, Veterinary\nMedicine and Allied Products Directorate, Dr. Bukar Usman, who made this known\non Wednesday at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA),\nIbadan said that the agency had asked agro-dealers to stop the sale of the\nproduct in open markets and supermarkets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to him, sniper is an\nagro-cultural product meant to be used only in the farms and not for\nhouseholds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Usman maintained that the\ndirective was not an outright ban of the product but a restriction of its use\nand availability to farms alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He also called on manufacturers\nand dealers to cooperate with NAFDAC to mop up the 100ml size of the product\nwhich was cheap and easily acquired, adding that all agro-chemicals meant for\nfarms should not be used in households.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThere are appropriate products\nfor the control of mosquitoes and other household pests\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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