The Federal Government says it is currently pushing for a food safety and quality bill, that seeks a healthier approach towards handling Nigerian foods for local consumption and exportation.
The Minister of State for Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire stated this at a meeting of the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Food Safety (IMCFS) on Thursday in Abuja.
Ehanire said that the Inter-Ministerial meeting was to help reduce the challenges of foodborne illnesses facing the country as well as to reduce the rejection of Nigerian food products being exported.
The Minister noted that the implementation strategy was produced with inputs from stakeholders in the public and private sectors.
”Food is a very essential component to the body, but sometime food can be hazardous to the health due to the process in which it has been produced.
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