Senate moves to tighten regulation of foods, vaccines, medical devices, pharmaceuticals as bill scales second reading

The Senate on Tuesday passed for second reading a bill seeking to repeal and re-enact Nigeria’s existing food and drug regulatory laws to establish a modern, comprehensive and unified legal framework for the regulation of food, medical products and other public health-related products in the country.

The proposed legislation, titled “A Bill for an Act to Repeal the Food, Drug and Related…