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Title: | Food Systems and Food Control in Nigeria |
Authors: | Anyanwu, Rosemary C. Jukes, David J. |
Year: | 1991 |
Periodical: | Food Policy |
Volume: | 16 |
Issue: | 2 |
Period: | April |
Pages: | 112-126 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Nigeria |
Subjects: | food policy food controls Law, Human Rights and Violence Agriculture, Natural Resources and the Environment Development and Technology |
External link: | https://doi.org/10.1016/0306-9192(91)90004-4 |
Abstract: | Many developing countries face considerable problems in establishing a continuous supply of safe and wholesome food. There are many factors involved. This study considers Nigeria. It looks at the Nigerian food supply system (the rural food system, the low income urban food system, open-air markets, retail outlets, supermarkets, itinerant vendors, catering establishments, and the high income urban food system), the legal framework for food control (Food and Drugs Act and the FDAC (Food and Drugs Administration and Control, Federal Ministry of Health), the Nigerian Standards Organization Act, the Weights and Measures Decree, public health laws and local government food control, and animal disease control) and, based on these, the associated problems in the regulation service, the inspection service, the laboratories, and the effective monitoring of the food chain. Many problems are associated with lack of resources. Attention is also paid to FAO and WHO activities in the area of food safety control in Nigeria. The authors conclude that one of the major constraints upon food control in Nigeria is the lack of recognition of problems associated with an unsafe food supply, which can be largely due to the nonexistence or non-publication of statistics showing the true extent of food-borne hazards. To achieve effective food safety control it is necessary to identify the main food-borne hazards causing mortality and morbidity and the critical factors contributing to these hazards. Notes, ref., sum. |