Nigeria: Ogbeh Minister cautions against utilization of crushing machines
Audu Ogbeh has cautioned against he utilization of prevalent granulating machines saying it is undesirable and puts numerous at the danger of liver and kidney issues. The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, on Tuesday cautioned Nigerians against utilizing pounding machine to crush vegetables. Ogbeh, who gave the notice at the starting and National Dissemination of Food and Nutrition Policy in Abuja, said that the machine was bad for such reason. As indicated by him, the machines which are being utilized to granulate tomatoes, pepper and different vegetables, contain a few components which were unsafe to the body. ``The components in those machines are delivered in normal steel not stainless steel. As a consequence of that, a lot of granules get into our sustenance. ``These granules are extremely toxic to the liver and kidneys; no big surprise instances of liver and kidney sicknesses in the nation are on the expansion.'' Ogbeh likewise prompted Niger...