Lagos State Government at the weekend raised the alarm over the danger of buying and consuming exhumed contaminated poultry produce like chicken and turkey meat presently in circulation in the state.
The state’s Commissioner
for Agriculture, Mr. Toyin Suarau, who disclosed this while receiving officials
of the National Orientation Agency (NOA), who came on the directive of the
Federal Government to appeal for support on how to sensitise Lagosians on the
danger posed by this act noted that these exhumed poultry produce are poisonous
and could lead to death if consumed.
Suarau added that the
imported contaminated poultry produce were seized by men of the Nigeria
Customs Service in Badagry but were later exhumed after being destroyed by
some unscrupulous individuals who now sell same to unsuspecting consumers.
“This visit by officials
of National Orientation Agency was based on the circular received by the agency
about the recently exhumed contaminated poultry produce being destroyed by
officials of the Nigeria Customs Service somewhere in Badagry.
“The need for sensitisation
on the dangers associated with consuming these exhumed poisonous poultry
produce cannot be overemphasised especially in view of the havoc it poses to
the public,” he noted.
The commissioner posited
that the imported poultry produce were preserved with chemicals like formalin
which is poisonous, adding that it could lead to slow death without the
knowledge of the consumer.
-Sun News
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