Nigeria: 200,000 Nigerians die annually from foodborne illnesses — Minister

Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Geoffrey Nnaji, has said 200,000 Nigerians lose their lives to foodborne illnesses every year, warning that the Federal Government will now enforce the full force of the law against those who engage in the illegal and unethical activities of food contamination and adulteration.

Nnaji stated that the World Health Organisation (WHO) statistics indicated that tainted foodborne illness in over 600 million people worldwide each year, resulting…