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#Food Safety

Latest stories and reporting tagged Food Safety.

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Chemical misuse by farmers fuelling food safety crisis, Garuba Warns

Agricultural expert Afeez Olumide Garuba says the misuse of fertilizers, pesticides and livestock drugs by farmers is fuelling Nigeria's food safety crisis, contributing to over 53,000 deaths annually as consumers unknowingly ingest dangerous chemical residues.

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FG Inaugurates Technical Group to Tackle Agro-Export Rejections

The Federal Government has inaugurated a Technical Working Group on Agricultural Produce Residue Standards to tackle the recurring rejection of Nigerian agricultural exports in international markets due to non-compliance with global food safety and pesticide residue requirements.

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