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Unsafe food kills 53,000 Nigerians yearly — Expert
Vanguard Nigeria · sub saharan africa
— Experts raise alarm at Lagos food safety conference By Olasunkanmi Akoni and Shekinah Ijile LAGOS — At least 53,000 deaths associated with unsafe food are recorded annually in Nigeria, a food safety expert, Dr Adeniyi Odugbemi, has said. Odugbemi, who attributed the figure to recent studies, urged stakeholders to move beyond identifying food safety […] The post Unsafe food kills 53,000 Nigerians yearly — Expert appeared first on Vanguard News.
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