Import Regulations & Standards
The import regulations imposed by the countries time to time to ensure Food Safety and Quality assurance includes non Tariff barriers for the various food products.
| S.No. | Circulation Date | Country | Report Title | Report Highlights | View Regulations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 19 APR 2024 | Nigeria | FAIRS Country Report Annual | This report provides information on the food and agricultural laws and regulations to import food into Nigeria. Laws regulating and monitoring food safety standards and practices were updated in Section 1. Labeling requirements were revised in Section II in line with the most recent regulation changes. | Click here |
| 2 | 08 APR 2024 | Nigeria | FAIRS Export Certificate Report Annual | This report highlights all major certificates and permits that the government of Nigeria (GON) requires for exporting food and agricultural products from the United States to Nigeria. It also complements the FAIRS Annual Country Report for Nigeria (2024) | Click here |
| 3 | 26 APR 2023 | Nigeria | FAIRS Annual Country Report Annual | As the global food and agricultural trade continues to integrate, Nigeria has formulated structures, strategies, laws, and food control systems, including regulatory authorities, to enhance public health, food safety, and international trade. | Click here |
| 4 | 26 APR 2023 | Nigeria | FAIRS Export Certificate Report Annual | This report highlights all major certificates and permits that the government of Nigeria (GON) require for exporting food and agricultural products from the United States to Nigeria. It also complements | Click here |
| 5 | 05 APR 2022 | Nigeria | Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards Export Certificate Report_Lagos_Nigeria | This report highlights all major certificates and permits required by the Government of Nigeria (GON) for exporting food and agricultural products from the United States to Nigeria. It also complements The FAIRS – Annual Country Report for Nigeria (2022). Post recommends that prospective exporters read both reports for a better understanding of Nigeria’s food and agricultural standards and requirements for export certifications and permits. | Click here |
| 6 | 31 MAR 2022 | Nigeria | Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards Country Report | As global food and agricultural trade continues to integrate, Nigeria has formulated structures, strategies, laws, and food control systems including regulatory authorities to enhance public health, food safety and international trade | Click here |
| 7 | 21 JAN 2022 | Nigeria | Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards Country Report | As global food and agricultural trade continues to integrate, Nigeria has formulated structures, strategies, laws and food control systems including regulatory authorities to enhance public health, food safety and international trade. | Click here |
| 8 | 21 JAN 2022 | Nigeria | Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards Export Certificate Report | This report highlights all major certificates and permits required by the Government of Nigeria (GON) for exporting food and agricultural products from the United States to Nigeria. | Click here |
| 9 | 31 DEC 2020 | Nigeria | Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards Export Certificate Report | This report highlights all major certificates and permits that the government of Nigeria (GON) require for exporting food and agricultural products from the United States to Nigeria. | Click here |
| 10 | 31 DEC 2020 | Nigeria | Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards Country Report | As global food and agricultural trade continues to integrate, Nigeria has formulated structures, strategies, laws, and food control systems including regulatory authorities to enhance public health, food safety and international trade. | Click here |
| 11 | 17 DEC 2019 | Nigeria | Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards Country Report | Growing global emphasis on food regulations for health and trade is compelling Nigeria to seek improving its food supply systems. | Click here |
| 12 | 30 JAN 2017 | Nigeria | Nigeria : Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards - Narrative | National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has played the lead role for regulating food safety systems in Nigeria over the past decade. The international accreditation of the agency’s two major laboratories in recent years has reasonably boosted its capacity to enforce Nigeria’s food safety system regulations. | Click here |
| 13 | 13 DEC 2013 | Nigeria | Nigeria Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards - Narrative | National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has played the lead role for regulating food safety systems in Nigeria over the past decade. NAFDAC’s recent success with international accreditation of the agency’s two major laboratories is another important boost for food safety regulations in Nigeria’s food production, distribution and consumption chain. | Click here |
| 14 | 13 DEC 2013 | Nigeria | Nigeria Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards - Narrative | National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has played the lead role for regulating food safety systems in Nigeria over the past decade. NAFDAC’s recent success with international accreditation of the agency’s two major laboratories is another important boost for food safety regulations in Nigeria’s food production, distribution and consumption chain. | Click here |
| 15 | 17 JUL 2012 | Nigeria | Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards - Narrative | The responsibilities for regulating Nigeria?s food safety systems devolve within many GON organizations and agencies although National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has played the lead role over the past decade. In 2010, the USDA/FAS collaborated with NAFDAC on a HACCP conference where all sectors in Nigeria?s entire food safety chain participated. The HACCP conference underpinned the subsequent inauguration of Nigeria?s National Food Safety Management Committee (NFSMC) which will take responsibility for food safety systems and operations when fully institutionalized. | Click here |
| 16 | 14 DEC 2011 | Nigeria | Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards - Narrative | The responsibilities for regulating Nigeria‟s food safety systems devolve within many GON organizations and agencies although NAFDAC (Nigeria‟s FDA equivalent) has played the lead role over the past decade. In 2010, the USDA/FAS collaborated with NAFDAC on a HACCP conference where all sectors in Nigeria‟s entire food safety chain participated. | Click here |
| 17 | 21 JUL 2010 | Nigeria | Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards - Narrative | This report was prepared by the Office of Agricultural Affairs of the USDA/Foreign Agricultural Service in Lagos, Nigeria for U.S. exporters of domestic food and agricultural products. While every possible care was taken in the preparation of this report, information provided may not be completely accurate either because policies have changed since it‟s preparation, or because clear information about these policies were not available. It is highly recommended that U.S. exporters verify the full set of import requirements with their foreign customers, who are normally best equipped to research such matters with local authorities, before any goods are shipped. | Click here |