The overall objective of this plan is to achieve household food security. Therefore, FAO partnered with Nigeria food security sector to provide emergency food assistance to meet the needs of the most vulnerable crisis-affected populations, foster the resilience of crisis-affected communities through improved agricultural production, restoration and strengthening of productive assets, and supporting income-generating activities, and strengthen coordination with Food Security Sector partners and stakeholders and sectorial working groups engaged in the response.

The objectives of solid and hazardous waste management are to identify solid, toxic and extremely hazardous wastes dangerous to public health and the environment and provide guidelines necessary to establish a system of proper record keeping, sampling and labelling of dangerous and extremely hazardous wastes. Regulation 20 provides for the notification of discharge of waste. It is stated that the Agency shall instruct the person responsible for the spillage or discharge to clean up all released dangerous harmful wastes or hazardous substances within the time or days as may be specified, designate and treat, store or dispose of all solids, water or other materials contaminated by the spillage or discharge in accordance with specific directives given in that behalf by the agency or any person or authority authorised in that behalf to issue the directive and restore the area affected by the spillage or discharge and replenish resources in a manner acceptable to the Agency or any other person or authority authorised in that behalf by the Agency.

This is an Act to establish the Nigerian Nuclear Regulatory Authority whose functions shall include the control and regulation of the use of radioactive substances, material, equipment, emitting and generating ionizing radiation. It establishes the Nigerian Nuclear Regulatory Authority and its governing board and the National Institute of Radiation Protection and Research. It also provides for the control of ionizing radiation and the exploration, etc. of materials containing radioactive substances and the packing and transportation of radioactive material and radioactive waste. The Nigerian Nuclear Regulatory Authority shall be charged with the responsibility for nuclear safety and radiological protection regulation in Nigeria. The act requires registration of premises where sources of ionizing radiation are kept. It also provides that no person shall produce or market any consumer product containing radioactive substances without licence issued by the Authority.

This Act provides rules for the manufacture, importation, exportation, distribution and advertisement of food and drugs. It also grants power to the Minister to set up the Food and Drugs Advisory Council and to make regulations for carrying out the purposes and provisions of this Act. No person shall sell, import, manufacture or store any article of food which: (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; (d) adulterated; (e) stored under unsanitary conditions. The Minister may, on the recommendation of the Food and Drugs Advisory Council, and subject to the provisions of this section, designate: (a) a food and drug analyst; or (b) a drug analyst; or (c) a food and drug inspection officer. The Act also specifies the power of inspecting officers on importation of food, etc.

Interim guidelines and standards relate to six areas of environmental pollution control are issued by The Federal Environmental Protection Agency (FEPA). These guidelines and standards relate to six (6) areas of environmental pollution control: effluent limitations (ii) water quality for industrial water uses at point of in-take (iii) industrial emission limitations (iv) noise exposure limitations (v) management of solid and hazardous wastes (vi) pollution abatement in industries

The document provides rules on Veterinary Surgeons Disciplinary Tribunal. It emphasizes that whenever any case of professional misconduct against a veterinary surgeon is referred to the tribunal by the panel, such a case shall be heard by a division of not more than five members comprising fully registered veterinary surgeons appointed by The Veterinary Council of Nigeria of whom at least two shall be elected members of The Council and that the president of The Council, or in his absence anyone appointed in that behalf, shall be the chairman of The Tribunal.

An act to provide for the establishment of the National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency charged with responsibility for the protection and development of the environment in Nigeria and for related matters. It establishes the national environmental standards and regulations enforcement agency for the effective enforcement of standards, regulations and all national and international agreements, treaties, conventions and protocols on environment to which Nigeria is a signatory.

These regulations shall apply to the labelling of food additives sold as such whether by retail or other than by retail, including sales to caterers and food manufacturers. The regulations also apply to food processing aids and any reference to food additives shall include food processing aids.

An Act to make provisions for the registration of veterinary surgeons and for matters connected therewith. It provides for the control of the practice of veterinary and for this and other purposes establishes the Veterinary Council of Nigeria, the Veterinary Surgeons’ disciplinary tribunal and the Veterinary Surgeons investigating panel. The Council, which shall be a body corporate, shall be charged with, among other things: determining qualification requirements for registration as a veterinary surgeon under this Act; securing the establishment and maintenance of a register of persons registered under this Act as veterinary surgeons. The Minister may give directions to the council. The Act also defines penalties for unprofessional conduct.

These rules, made under section 34 of cap. 210, 1958 laws and continued under the veterinary surgeons act, concern the election of members of The Veterinary Council. It emphasizes that no person other than a registered veterinary surgeon shall propose or second a nomination. All voting papers, whether valid or rejected, shall be retained in safe custody by the scrutineers until the council directs their destruction. Any person nominated as a candidate for election who is dissatisfied with the conduct of an election may lodge a complaint in writing with the registrar.

This National Policy on Food Safety And Implementation Strategy (NPFSIS) is developed to meet the needs of the country in adopting and implementing a modern and effective national food safety system. It is outlined in four chapters: chapter one describes the policy framework which includes the background, food safety overview, the existing regulatory framework, and public establishments and their mandates. It also covers the scope and rationale for the policy; chapter two addresses the institutional arrangement needed for the efficient implementation of the national policy on food safety and its implementation strategy; chapter three describes the implementation strategies of the policy which includes the goals, objectives, strategies and activities; chapter four describes the framework for the effective monitoring and evaluation of food safety along the food chain (farm-to-table). Some of its objectives are to promote the adoption of appropriate protocols for the use and handling of food additives, processing aids, agro-chemicals, feeds and veterinary drugs in-line with international best practices, enhance food borne illnesses surveillance and response etc.

The primary objective of the National Plan of Action on Food and Nutrition (NPAN) is to translate the goals, objectives, and strategies articulated in the NPFN into implementable activities and projects. The objectives of this plan include improving food production, availability, and access to high quality foods to meet the needs of the whole population, to develop an effective monitoring system to enforce appropriate food laws for effective inspection and compliance and to protect the consumers through improved food quality and safety. This will be achieved in the context of implementing as vigorously as possible, projects and activities that will improve the nutritional status of all Nigerians with particular emphasis on the most vulnerable groups (children, women, and the elderly).

This Act establishes the National Biosafety Management Agency charged with the responsibility for providing regulatory framework, institutional and administrative mechanism for safety measures in the application of modern bio-technology in Nigeria with the view to preventing any adverse effect on human health, animals, plants and environment.

These regulations apply to the use of non-nutritive sweeteners in drug products that are manufactured, imported, exported, advertised, sold, distributed or used in Nigeria.

This is an Act to amend the Veterinary Surgeons Act Cap. V3, laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004 to reduce the membership of the Veterinary Council; and for related matters.

the overall goal of the national policy on infant and young child feeding in Nigeria is to ensure the optimal growth, protection and development of the Nigerian child from birth to the first five years of life. its objectives are to protect, promote and support exclusive breastfeeding in the first six months of life, create and sustain a positive image for breastfeeding throughout the society, empower all women (including women who work outside their homes) to adopt and practice optimal infant feeding, develop and promote and support adequate infant and young child feeding practices etc.

These regulations apply to all milk and dairy products manufactured, imported, exported, advertised, sold distributed or used in Nigeria. It emphasizes that no milk or dairy products shall be manufactured, imported, exported, advertised, sold or distributed in Nigeria, unless it has been registered in accordance with the provisions of these regulations.

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.

These regulations apply to all advertisements or promotion of herbal medicine and related product manufactured, imported, exported, distributed, advertised, sold, or used in Nigeria. The document emphasizes that no person shall advertise any herbal medicines and related products unless it has been registered by the Agency, herbal medicines and related products unless the advertisement has approval of the Agency, extemporaneous herbal medicines and related products and herbal medicines and related products as a cure, prevention, treatment for any disease conditions listed in schedule 1 of this document or as may be prescribed by the agency.

These Regulations shall apply to the labelling of all pre-packaged food (including water and ice) to be offered as such to consumer. It emphasizes that no person shall manufacture, import, export, distribute, advertise, sell or use a pre-packaged food unless it is labelled in accordance with the provisions of these Regulations. Persons shall not manufacture, import, export, distribute, advertise, sell or use food whose expiry date has lapsed, and also make advertisement claims or professional association endorsement on a food product label unless authorized by the Agency.