A visit to our foodstuff markets will reveal to discerning minds that many of the raw food offered for sale are not fit for human consumption. Nutrition experts say many of the chemicals used to preserve most of the foods on sale in Nigeria are dangerous to human health. He warned further that the wrong application of fertiliser by farmers had led to consumption of poisonous foods. Despite this timely warning more than a year ago, Nigerians still carry on with scant regards for food safety. The Director Public Health Services, Rivers Ministry of Health, Nnanna Onyekwere, while confirming the deaths told the News Agency of Nigeria in Port Harcourt, said two of the survivors had visual impairment.

Source: Punch November 22, 2017 00:33 UTC