The Federal Government has raised concerns over Nigeria’s growing food safety crisis, revealing that unsafe food causes nearly 50 million illnesses and more than 53,000 deaths annually, with children under five accounting for over 80 per cent of the disease burden.

Globally, the World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates that 600 million annual cases of foodborne illness cause 420,000 deaths. This burden extremely affects vulnerable…

The World Health Organization warns that unsafe food harms millions of people worldwide, with children being particularly impacted.