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The Consumer Pocket Guide on Food Safety and Nutrition

July 24,2024
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In : Education,Environmental,Featured Post,Health

As part of its advocacy efforts, the Consumer Advocacy for Food Safety and Nutrition Initiative, CAFSANI, has recently developed a consumer pocket guide for food safety and nutrition. The pocket guide, currently in English language, is to be translated into the major Nigerian languages as part of efforts to inform, educate, and promote the consumption

Highlights of The NFCMS Study 2021 Report

CAFSANI’s commitment to ensuring that consumers are well informed about food safety and nutrition as well as happenings and updates in the food safety and nutrition space is a major responsibility. This is ultimately for our health and well-being. We bring you highlights from the 2021 National Food Consumption and Micronutrient Survey (NFCMS, 2021). This

Genetically Modified Foods (GMOs): FG Strengthens Collaboration on Safety

There have been growing concerns about GMO (Genetically Modified Organism) foods which typically center around their potential impact on human health and the environment, particularly because this is not yet fully understood. Some of the key concerns include unknown long-term effects of their consumption, transparency in their labeling, and pesticide and herbicide use as GMO

Addressing Food and Health Concerns in Nigeria: NCFN Approves National Nutrition Dashboard

Nigeria faces significant food security challenges exacerbated by the abandonment of farms due to the aging population of farmers and the drudgery of subsistence agriculture which makes it unattractive to the youth population, insecurity due to kidnapping and terrorism arising from herdsmen conflicts and banditry, high prices of fuel due to fuel subsidy removal and

Ripening Fruits with Chemicals is dangerous… FCCPC Warns Nigerians

Artificial ripening of fruits is a process where fruits are ripened using external agents, rather than natural ripening processes. Sellers often do this to speed up the ripening process of fruits for their own personal gains, depriving the fruit of its full nutrition potential, and thereby reducing the nutritional value of such fruit. Additionally, artificially

GMO Food Labelling: A Guide for Consumers

Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) and their presence in food products have been a topic of debate worldwide for a long time. Although the use of genetically modified (GM) foods has become widespread across the world, scientific and public opinions diverge about their safety. Most scientists claim that genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in foods are safe

USAID, SON Partner to tackle Lead Poisoning in Nigeria

The U.S. Government through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Government of Nigeria, through the Standards Organization of Nigeria (SON), have agreed to collaborate on mitigating lead poisoning in Nigeria. They plan to enhance surveillance, regulation, and enforcement of standards related to consumer goods and paints in Nigeria. In a statement by

Food Safety and Quality: FG Unveils New National Policy

To commemorate the 2024 World Food Safety Day, the federal government of Nigeria through the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Mohammed Ali Pate, has launched a new National Policy on Food Safety and Quality and its Implementation Plan, which is an amendment of the 2014 document, during the celebration of the World

CAFSANI Joins FMoHSW and LPTC in Sensitizing Market Women on Food Safety in Lagos

As part of the activities of the just concluded World Food Safety Week, CAFSANI participated in the Market storm/sensitization held at Oyingbo market in Lagos on the 3rd of June. The sensitization team comprising NIFST Lagos Chapter Food Safety Champions, some members of the Planning Committee, and officials of the London Professional Training Center (LPTC)

Food Safety: A Quick Take on the Past 30 Years and a Look at What’s Ahead

To mark National Food Safety Education Month—and 30 years since Jack in the Box—Bratager outlined the progress that’s been made and the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead. In 1993, four children died and hundreds more were hospitalized after eating hamburgers contaminated with E. coli O157:H7 at several Jack in the Box fast-food restaurants. In 2009, the

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