The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has advised Nigerians to read food labels before buying packaged food, saying doing so can help consumers make safer and healthier choices.
The agency gave the advice in the first episode of its #NAFDACExplains series posted on its official X handle on Tuesday.
PUNCH Online reports that packaged food refers to food products that are sealed or wrapped in containers or packages before being sold. Examples include bread, biscuits, instant noodles, bottled drinks, and sachet or canned milk.
Speaking in the video, a food safety expert in NAFDAC’s Food Safety and Applied Nutrition Directorate, Abubakar Umar, said consumers should go beyond checking a product’s brand, packaging or price before making a purchase.
“When you buy a packaged food, what usually catches your attention first? Is it the brand? The picture on the packaging? Or perhaps the price? For many of
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