Janet Ogundepo The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has clarified that the agency does not allow the use of body organ images on registered products. The clarification comes amid a viral video on social media with claims that NAFDAC approved a herbal tea touted to reverse the effect of smoking on smokers. PUNCH Healthwise reports that the agency refuted this claim, describing it as “false and completely unfounded,” adding, “The product in question—Lung Detox Tea or Lungitox (Smokers Pride) or any similar product—is not registered by NAFDAC.
” The agency’s Resident Media Consultant, Sayo Akintola, in a statement said NAFDAC would investigate the company and prosecute the culprits. Providing further insights about the product, Akintola said, “The product is NOT registered by NAFDAC. A company, however, submitted an application, but the name of the product was queried by LOD (Liaison Office of the Director responsible for receiving and processing applications for registering regulated products) and a Compliance Directive was given.
They never resubmitted or responded to the query. “Anti-smoke and lung detox tea was submitted in 2023. It was queried at LOD and was not resubmitted for processing.
We don’t allow pictorials of organs on product artwork.” He further noted that it was a criminal offence for manufacturers to put a fake NAFDAC registration number on their products. Akintola said, “We will investigate and get the culprit.
