The lawmakers urged the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, NAFDAC, SON and the NCDC to strengthen nationwide surveillance, routine inspections and certification processes covering the entire food production and distribution chain.
The House of Representatives on Tuesday called for urgent measures to strengthen Nigeria's food safety system following concerns that the country records about 50 million cases of foodborne illnesses and more than 53,000 related deaths annually.
The lawmakers urged the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), and the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) to strengthen surveillance, inspection and certification across the country's food production value chain.
