THE regional drug laboratory of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Yaba, Lagos, has recorded a major feat with its international accreditation by the National Board of American Society for Quality. 

 

 According to   a statement released by the agency Director of Special Duties, Dr. Abubakar Jimoh, the news of the international accreditation of the laboratory came after a thorough audit and assessment of the quality Management System (QMS) of the entire laboratory carried out by officials of the American Society for Quality, technically known as ASQ-ANSI. 

 

 

  Jimoh said the Director – General of NAFDAC, Dr. Paul Orhii, dropped the hint while addressing regulatory officers of the agency at the Annual Budget Retreat held in Lagos on Thursday, and disclosed that by such feat, the Yaba Laboratory had joined four other NAFDAC laboratories that had gained international accreditation in the last one year. 

 

  According to Jimoh, Orhii listed the mycotoxin, pesticides, food and high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) laboratories as the four other laboratories that had obtained international accreditation. 

 

 The statement quoted the DG as saying that agency was making giant strides not only in infrastructural   transformation but also in the area of international standardisation and recognition, adding that the international accreditation of NAFDAC laboratories has positive ripple effect on the current effort of the Federal Government to diversify the economy by boosting production and export potential of indigenous industries.