G/SPS/N/NGA/11  
 
23 September 2015  
  
(15-4913)  Page: 1/2  
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION 
1. Notifying Member: NIGERIA 
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible: National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control 
(NAFDAC) 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item  number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; IC S numbers should be provided in 
addition, where applicable): All pre-packaged food items intended for sale to 
consumers. 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected , to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document: Pre-Packaged Food (Labelling) Regulations 2005  
Language(s): English  Number of pages: 6  
6. Description of content: Pre-Packaged Food (Labelling) Regulations 2005 prohibits 
sales of unlabelled pre-packaged food intended for sale to consumer. It also declares 
that pre-packaged food should not be falsely described and must bear certain information that depicts the exact name of the food or coined/fanciful name that is not misleading. It stipulates that label of pre-packaged food must declare list of ingredients, 
date marking instructions, batch number, storage conditions, net content, name, 
address and country of manufacturer, trad emark and NAFDAC Registration Number. 
The label of Pre-packaged food must be clear, legible and in English Language. 
The Regulations stipulates penalties for violators. It contains interpretation of sensitive 
terms and two schedules: Schedule one is the classes of food while schedule 2 contains Classes of Food additives. 
This Regulation repealed the Pre-Packaged Food (Labelling) Regulations 1995. 
7. Objective and rationale: [X] food safety, [ ] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   
8. Is there a relevant international st andard? If so, identify the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial  n u m b e r  o f  C o d e x  
standard or related text) General Standards for labelling of Pre-packaged 
foods (Codex STAN 1-1985) 
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)    
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)    G/SPS/N/NGA/11 
 
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  [ ] None 
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
[X] Yes   [ ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   
9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:     
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : The regulation was adopted in 2005. 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : The regulation is already published. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : The regulation entered into force in 2006. 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable 
Agency or authority designated to hand le comments: [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address 
(if available) of other body:  
NAFDAC National enquiry point 
Ms Flora Mari 
Assistant Chief Laboratory Technologist 
Directorate of Food Safety and Applied Nutrition NAFDAC E-mail: spsenquirypoint@nafdac.gov.ng 
Website: http://www.nafdac.gov.ng/regu lation/food-regulations  
13. Text(s) available from: [ ] National Notifi cation Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:   
NAFDAC National enquiry point  
Ms Flora Mari 
Assistant Chief Laboratory Technologist 
Directorate of Food Safety and Applied Nutrition NAFDAC E-mail: spsenquirypoint@nafdac.gov.ng 
Website: http://www.nafdac.gov.ng/regu lation/food-regulations