This Directorate analyses and pronounces on the quality and safety of regulated products i.e. food, drug, cosmetics, medical devices, detergents, chemicals and packaged water. The laboratory also serves as reference laboratory for other government agencies e.g. The Nigerian Customs Services by analyzing samples for tariff classification and the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) to identify and quantify narcotic drugs and psychotropic substance.

In the last few years, the Agency has fully developed and modernized some of these specialized laboratories and some of them have thus been accredited by various International Organizations and also run joint research/consultancy programmes for such International Organizations

The vision of Laboratory Service Directorate is for NAFDAC Laboratories to become the accredited reference laboratories for the West African Sub-Region by WHO, FAO, IAEA, UNICEF, EU and other International Organizations.

Our mission is to run all the NAFDAC Laboratories in accordance with Good Laboratory Practice and Good Quality Assurance Systems.

The Directorate projects to have future laboratories located at Warri, Calabar, Port Harcourt, Enugu and Kano to serve the export processing zones, the South-South and South-East geo-political zones in the country.

Regional Workshop on Mycotoxin Contamination of Agricultural Commodities and Processed Foods, with the theme “Mycotoxin Monitoring and Preventive Strategies”

The five-day Regional Workshop on Mycotoxin Contamination of Agricultural Commodities and Processed Foods, with the theme “Mycotoxin Monitoring and Preventive Strategies”, was divided into two parts:

In the first part of the workshop, which covered the first two days (7th and 8th February), participants presented papers and country reports on various aspects of mycotoxin contamination in foods. The facilities of the NAFDAC laboratory in Oshodi,Lagos, were also commissioned on the 8th of February 2005 by the Honourable Minister of Health, Professor Eyitato Lambo. Follow the links below to download relevant sections of the book.

The Report

Cover Page and Table of Contents

Report on Mycotoxins Workshop