FOOD AND DRUGS ACT

Section 1: Prohibition of sale of certain food, drugs, cosmetic and devices

1976Section 1 of 22Federal Republic of Nigeria

(1) No person shall sell, import, manufacture or store any article of food which-
[1999 No. 21.]
(a) has in it or upon it any poisonous or harmful substance not being a food additive or contaminant of a type, and within the level, permitted by regulations made under this Act;
(b) is unfit for human consumption; or
(c) consists in whole or in part of any filthy, disgusting, rotten or diseased substance.
(2) No person shall sell, import, manufacture or store any article of food or any drug which is adulterated.
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(3) No person shall sell, import, manufacture or store any article of food or any drug or cosmetic which was manufactured, prepared, preserved, packaged, or stored under insanitary conditions.
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(4) No person shall sell, import, manufacture or store any cosmetic which-
(a) has in it or upon it any substance which may cause injury to the health of the user thereof when the cosmetic is used-
(i) according to the directions on the label or otherwise accompanying the cosmetic, or
(ii) for such purposes and by such methods of use as are customary or usual therefore; or
(b) consists wholly or in part of any filthy or decomposed substance or of any foreign matter.
(5) No person shall sell, import, manufacture or store any device which, when used according to the directions on the label or otherwise accompanying the device, or under such conditions as are customary or usual therefore, may cause injury to the user thereof.
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Cite this section

Section 1, FOOD AND DRUGS ACT (1976).

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