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@YaliAbuja @AtomicBettyBA
#WorldFoodSafetyDay
There is no food without a seed @SeedCouncil has the responsibility of ensuring farmers get not only the right seeds, but safe seeds for cultivation especially in this era of food insecurity when seeds companies are desperate #FoodSafety

@YaliAbuja @AtomicBettyBA @SeedCouncil #WorldFoodSafetyDay
According to the @FAO Director-General, José Graziano da Silva, "whether you are a farmer, farm supplier, food processor, transporter, marketer or consumer, food safety is your business. "There is no food security without food safety." #FoodSafety

@YaliAbuja @AtomicBettyBA @SeedCouncil @FAO #WorldFoodSafetyDay Agencies responsible:
Federal Ministry of Health
National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON)National Codex Committee Federal Ministry of Agriculture
States and Local Governments & @ONconsumer

@YaliAbuja @AtomicBettyBA @SeedCouncil @FAO @ONconsumer #WorldFoodSafetyDay
The main national legislations relating to #FoodSafety include:
The Public Health Laws (1917) now known as Public Health Ordinance Cap 164 of 1958;
The Food and Drugs Decree, No. 35 of 1974 The Standards Organisation of Nigeria Decree, No. 56 of 1971

@YaliAbuja @AtomicBettyBA @SeedCouncil @FAO @ONconsumer #WorldFoodSafetyDay
Cont'd National Legislation:
The Animal Disease Control Decree, No. 10 of 1988;
The Marketing of Breast Milk substitute Decree, No. 41 of 1990.
The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) Decree No. 15 of 1993.
#FoodSafety

@YaliAbuja @AtomicBettyBA @SeedCouncil @FAO @ONconsumer We have the regulatory Agencies and the National Legislation. We need is harmonization and synchronized efforts with the @NOA_Nigeria to ensure #FoodSafety fabricators of food processing equipmt shld be monitored strictly to ensure right materials are used for fabrication

@YaliAbuja @AtomicBettyBA @SeedCouncil @FAO @ONconsumer @NOA_Nigeria @FAO & @WHO stated in a publication that Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP):
The training of small-scale food processors and local government officials on HACCP application in some parts of the country is critical. #FoodSafety
#WorldFoodSafetyDay
Cont'd

@YaliAbuja @AtomicBettyBA @SeedCouncil @FAO @ONconsumer @NOA_Nigeria @WHO Cont'd @FAO @WHO also asserted that in the same article that; Public enlightenment on good hygienic practices in small-scale packaged water, drinks and ices processing / manufacturing industries is on going with emphasis on HACCP system. This will guarantee #FoodSafety for all

@YaliAbuja @AtomicBettyBA @SeedCouncil @FAO @ONconsumer @NOA_Nigeria @WHO Cont'd
Inspectn of Manufacturing Outfits:
Realising testing of end products alone does not assure quality n safety, high premium is placed on ascertaining compliance wt Good Manufacturing Practice(GMP)& applicatn of Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point #WorldFoodSafetyDay

@YaliAbuja @AtomicBettyBA @SeedCouncil @FAO @ONconsumer @NOA_Nigeria @WHO Cont'd #WorldFoodSafetyDay
Aspects ascertained under GMP include:
-Location of outfit
-Equipment and Personnel
-Master and Batch Formulae SOPs
-Production flow
- Documentation
-Handling of Complaints and -Rejected/Returned Goods
-Internal Audit #FoodSafety

@YaliAbuja @AtomicBettyBA @SeedCouncil @FAO @ONconsumer @NOA_Nigeria @WHO #WorldFoodSafetyDay
@WHO Dorrit Nitzan says From handwashing, cooking and storing food properly, to surveillance and international regulation - every piece of the food safety puzzle affects lives, economies and whole communities. #FoodSafety

@YaliAbuja @AtomicBettyBA @SeedCouncil @FAO @ONconsumer @NOA_Nigeria @WHO Cont'd #WorldFoodSafetyDay
"it is our opportunity to say out loud that it's teamwork that will make the difference,"- Dorrit Nitzan @WHO
#FoodSafetyEveryonesBusiness
#foodsafety