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Nigerians have been cautioned towards leaving their cooked meals within the fridge for greater than three days to keep away from contamination that might be injurious and deadly.
Director-Basic of the Nationwide Company for Meals and Drug Administration and Management (NAFDAC), Prof Mojisola Adeyeye gave the warning by way of a press release signed by the company’s Resident Media Marketing consultant, Sayo Akintola, on Tuesday.
Adeyeye careworn that leaving cooked meals past three days within the fridge uncovered such meals to contamination by disease-causing pathogens, resulting in foodborne illnesses that may result in demise.
“She (Prof Adeyeye) urged Nigerians to chorus from storing cooked meals within the fridge for greater than three days, warning that cooked meals saved within the fridge for days is vulnerable to contamination by disease-causing pathogens, key brokers of foodborne illnesses that may result in demise,” the assertion learn.
The NAFDAC DG, whereas talking on the 2024 World Meals Security Day with the theme, ‘Meals Security: Put together for the Surprising’, additionally appealed for acutely aware efforts to create a meals security tradition by stakeholders to reduce meals hazards and dangers.
Adeyeye not solely highlighted the significance of meals security to public well being, but in addition for financial improvement, emphasising that from producers to shoppers, everybody should play their half to make sure meals security.
“Allow us to all keep true to the statements ‘meals security is everybody’s enterprise’ and ‘meals security is a shared duty’ as we mark this 12 months’s World Meals Security Day.
“Working collectively, we’ll proceed to strengthen our meals security system, making certain its resilience, robustness and preparedness for the sudden,” the NAFDAC DG famous.