The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has warned that stale herbal concoctions with bacteria can harm humans.
Professor Mojisola Adeyeye, the Director-General, NAFDAC while explaining the danger in drinking said that any herbal concoction that has been prepared after four or five days will start growing bacteria adding that it is injurious to the human health.
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She made this known during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Lagos.
“For the liquid herbal concoctions, especially after four or five days, it starts growing bacteria.
“Even if the herbal concoction has some medicinal properties, the bacteria will kill the person that is taking it.
“Many of our herbal medicines work but we have to do a lot of research to show how they work, at what level we are supposed to be taking them so that it will not get to the toxicity level.
“Many men have died using performance-enhancing drugs because if they use them and they have heart problems or have ‘X’ type of ailment, it can easily kill,” she said.
Adeyeye said the agency would continue to use the multifaceted approach adopted, including strengthening the pharmaceutical industries, to ensure that the citizenry was protected from fake, substandard, or contaminated foods and drugs.
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