NAFDAC Food Grade (Table Or Cooking) Salt Regulations 2019
Ministry of Health, Nigeria
These regulations apply to any salt used as an ingredient of food for direct use by consumers and for food manufacture or as a carrier of food additive and nutrients and shall, meet the standard requirement for food grade salt as set out in these regulations. It emphasizes that no person shall manufacture, import, export, distribute, sell, or advertise in Nigeria any salt for human consumption unless it has been registered in accordance with the provisions of these regulations.
Process Flow
Department of Food Safety and Applied Nutrition ⬤
Office of the Director General NAFDAC ⬤
Office of the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health ⬤
Office of the Minister of State for Health ⬤
Office of the Minister of Health ⬤
Federal Executive Council ⬤
Contacts
Sherrif Olagunju
Director
National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC)
Moji Adeyeye
Director General
National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC)
Mahmuda Mamman
Permanent Secretary
Ministry of Health
Adeleke O. Mamora
Honourable Minister of State
Ministry of Health
Osagie Ehanire
Honourable Minister
Ministry of Health
Muhammadu Buhari
President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
NAFDAC Food Grade (Table Or Cooking) Salt Regulations 2019 Current Version
January 2022
These regulations apply to any salt used as an ingredient of food for direct use by consumers and for food manufacture or as a carrier of food additive and nutrients and shall, meet the standard requirement for food grade salt as set out in these regulations. It emphasizes that no person shall manufacture, import, export, distribute, sell, or advertise in Nigeria any salt for human consumption unless it has been registered in accordance with the provisions of these regulations.
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