Food Grade (Table or Cooking) Salt Regulations, 2021. S.I. no. 68 of 2021.

These Regulations of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) require any salt, used as an ingredient of food for direct use by consumers, food manufacturers or as a carrier of food additive to meet the standard requirements for food grade salt as set out in these Regulations. 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. The Regulations also concern packaging and presentation of food grade salt. The method of production, packaging, storage and transportation of salt shall be in compliance with the requirements of the current Good Manufacturing Practice (cGMP) Regulations 2019.