The National Agency for Food and Drug dminstration and Control (NAFDAC) has
warned Nigerians on the dangers involved in
the consumption of imported chicken and
turkey.
A
No doubt, the consumption of imported
chicken and turkey in Nigeria is very popular
in Nigeria.
Even when the Nigerian government
has banned it in the economy, no one has been
able to address the high level of smuggling
these consumables into the country.
However, the agency saddled with the
responsibilities of regulating foods and drugs
has however come out to highlight and explain
why Nigerians must desist from eating the
popular frozen chicken and turkey which are
common consumables in every Nigerian home.
See the agency’s Facebook post below:
NAFDAC Warns Against Consumption Of
Imported Chicken, Turkey and other Poultry
Products.
Although imported chickens and turkeys have
become status symbol in Nigeria, the National
Agency for Food And Drug Administration And
Control (NAFDAC) has come out to strongly
warned against the consumption of imported
or smuggled frozen poultry frozen meat, even
as it has said that imported poultry products,
especially chicken and turkey have been
discovered to be causative factor in non-
communicable diseases (NCDs) and antibiotics
resistance.
Although NCDs are non-infectious but they are
deadly. Health conditions under NCDs include
cancer, kidney disease, and hypertension
among others.
NAFDAC Director General,Dr Paul Orhii, who
gave the warning at media briefing in Lagos,
urged Nigerians to avoid imported smuggled
chickens and turkeys, because they have been
found to contain substances that can
predispose one to kidney, liver and lung
diseases as well as certain types of cancers
and drug resistance- bacterial infections.
At the briefing, a study, titled “Prevalence,
Quality and Acceptability of Frozen Poultry
Meat in Major Cities in Nigeria” carried out by
experts from University of Ibadan titled “, was
presented.
Although imported foreign chicken, turkey and
along with other frozen poultry meat have
been banned by the Federal Government, some
Nigerians have cultivated the habit of
smuggling the banned poultry products into
the country to the ‘delight’ of some Nigerians
who do not know the health implications of
consuming such products.
Orhii said that patronising smuggled poultry
foods do not only encourage economic
sabotage, but also can damage peoples’
health.
Orhii added that the studies have found out
that most of the smuggled chicken into Nigeria
contains high level of various deadly
contaminants.
Orhii said: “Our studies have found that most
of these smuggled chickens or smuggled
poultry products, may be because the way they
are transported or because they are not
properly packaged, they contain some
contaminants.
It can be formaldehyde, at times it can be high
level of antibiotics residue and other
contaminants like heavy metals. “And that is
why we are discouraging members of the
public from consuming them.
We are particularly concerned about the high
level of antibiotics residue, because these can
cause drug resistance, resistance to
antibiotics.”
Orhii added that NAFDAC would begin strict
enforcement of the ban on imported poultry
products.
The study, which Orhii referred to, was carried
out Prof. Olumide Tewe (lead
researcher),Prof.S.S.Abiola (meat
technologist), Dr.O.AAbu (nutritional
enzymologist), Dr.C.I.Alarima (agriculture
extensionist), Dr.O.A.Olabisi (public health
specialist), Mr.S, Adelani (chief technologist)
and Mr. R. A. Aromoye (administrative
assistant).
According to Tewe, a nutritional toxicologist,
who led the research team that discovered
that foreign poultry products contain harmful
toxic substance, the sample for the study on
“imported (smuggled) frozen poultry carcasses
were obtained from wholesalers and retailers
in Lagos, Ibadan, Port-Harcourt and Abuja,”
and “analysed for heavy metals, microbial
status and meat quality parameters.”
The nutritional toxicologist said the analysed
smuggled or imported poultry food were found
to be unsafe for consumption, adding that the
continuous consumption of imported chicken
and turkey could damage the human system
on the long run, unlike poultry products
produce locally, which have been found to be
safe for consumption. Tewe said: “Consumers
in the study area mostly consume chicken and
turkey.
Other poultry meats consumed are duck, geese,
guinea fowl and quail. Sources of poultry meat
sold is imported or smuggled poultry meat.
A very small percentage (15.33) of the retailers
sold locally produced poultry meat. “It was
discovered that the foreign poultry products
contain high levels of formaldehyde, as well as
high levels of metals and other substances
which are lethal to the human body as against
the locally bred poultry products which did not
contain such substances.
Heavy metals (which have been found to be
present in imported or smuggled meat) may
cause toxicity-related mutagenesis (mutation),
carcinogenesis (cancer) and other severe
health hazards. Others (result of heavy
metals) are cardiovascular diseases, skin
disorders, and neurotoxicity lung and nasal
cancer in humans”.
The general public, please take note…
Source: Naij News
warned Nigerians on the dangers involved in
the consumption of imported chicken and
turkey.
A
No doubt, the consumption of imported
chicken and turkey in Nigeria is very popular
in Nigeria.
Even when the Nigerian government
has banned it in the economy, no one has been
able to address the high level of smuggling
these consumables into the country.
However, the agency saddled with the
responsibilities of regulating foods and drugs
has however come out to highlight and explain
why Nigerians must desist from eating the
popular frozen chicken and turkey which are
common consumables in every Nigerian home.
See the agency’s Facebook post below:
NAFDAC Warns Against Consumption Of
Imported Chicken, Turkey and other Poultry
Products.
Although imported chickens and turkeys have
become status symbol in Nigeria, the National
Agency for Food And Drug Administration And
Control (NAFDAC) has come out to strongly
warned against the consumption of imported
or smuggled frozen poultry frozen meat, even
as it has said that imported poultry products,
especially chicken and turkey have been
discovered to be causative factor in non-
communicable diseases (NCDs) and antibiotics
resistance.
Although NCDs are non-infectious but they are
deadly. Health conditions under NCDs include
cancer, kidney disease, and hypertension
among others.
NAFDAC Director General,Dr Paul Orhii, who
gave the warning at media briefing in Lagos,
urged Nigerians to avoid imported smuggled
chickens and turkeys, because they have been
found to contain substances that can
predispose one to kidney, liver and lung
diseases as well as certain types of cancers
and drug resistance- bacterial infections.
At the briefing, a study, titled “Prevalence,
Quality and Acceptability of Frozen Poultry
Meat in Major Cities in Nigeria” carried out by
experts from University of Ibadan titled “, was
presented.
Although imported foreign chicken, turkey and
along with other frozen poultry meat have
been banned by the Federal Government, some
Nigerians have cultivated the habit of
smuggling the banned poultry products into
the country to the ‘delight’ of some Nigerians
who do not know the health implications of
consuming such products.
Orhii said that patronising smuggled poultry
foods do not only encourage economic
sabotage, but also can damage peoples’
health.
Orhii added that the studies have found out
that most of the smuggled chicken into Nigeria
contains high level of various deadly
contaminants.
Orhii said: “Our studies have found that most
of these smuggled chickens or smuggled
poultry products, may be because the way they
are transported or because they are not
properly packaged, they contain some
contaminants.
It can be formaldehyde, at times it can be high
level of antibiotics residue and other
contaminants like heavy metals. “And that is
why we are discouraging members of the
public from consuming them.
We are particularly concerned about the high
level of antibiotics residue, because these can
cause drug resistance, resistance to
antibiotics.”
Orhii added that NAFDAC would begin strict
enforcement of the ban on imported poultry
products.
The study, which Orhii referred to, was carried
out Prof. Olumide Tewe (lead
researcher),Prof.S.S.Abiola (meat
technologist), Dr.O.AAbu (nutritional
enzymologist), Dr.C.I.Alarima (agriculture
extensionist), Dr.O.A.Olabisi (public health
specialist), Mr.S, Adelani (chief technologist)
and Mr. R. A. Aromoye (administrative
assistant).
According to Tewe, a nutritional toxicologist,
who led the research team that discovered
that foreign poultry products contain harmful
toxic substance, the sample for the study on
“imported (smuggled) frozen poultry carcasses
were obtained from wholesalers and retailers
in Lagos, Ibadan, Port-Harcourt and Abuja,”
and “analysed for heavy metals, microbial
status and meat quality parameters.”
The nutritional toxicologist said the analysed
smuggled or imported poultry food were found
to be unsafe for consumption, adding that the
continuous consumption of imported chicken
and turkey could damage the human system
on the long run, unlike poultry products
produce locally, which have been found to be
safe for consumption. Tewe said: “Consumers
in the study area mostly consume chicken and
turkey.
Other poultry meats consumed are duck, geese,
guinea fowl and quail. Sources of poultry meat
sold is imported or smuggled poultry meat.
A very small percentage (15.33) of the retailers
sold locally produced poultry meat. “It was
discovered that the foreign poultry products
contain high levels of formaldehyde, as well as
high levels of metals and other substances
which are lethal to the human body as against
the locally bred poultry products which did not
contain such substances.
Heavy metals (which have been found to be
present in imported or smuggled meat) may
cause toxicity-related mutagenesis (mutation),
carcinogenesis (cancer) and other severe
health hazards. Others (result of heavy
metals) are cardiovascular diseases, skin
disorders, and neurotoxicity lung and nasal
cancer in humans”.
The general public, please take note…
Source: Naij News
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