The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and
Control, NAFDAC, has warned Nigerians against consuming frozen poultry products
and other food items preserved with formalin.
NAFDAC’s spokesman, Dr Abubakar Jimoh, gave the word of
advice in an interview with newsmen, NAN reports.
Jimoh noted that unscrupulous business owners had been using
formalin to preserve poultry products, chicken and turkey, in particular.
”Formalin is capable of preserving such products for weeks
before they get to consumers.
“NAFDAC is alerting Nigerians to this practice. There are
enough poultry products in the country than to resort to frozen chicken
smuggled in, despite Federal Government’s ban,” he said.
He further warned consumers patronizing business owners who
smuggle poultry products into the country, adding that if such patronage
continued, indigenous poultry farmers and marketers would not grow.
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