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 Nigerians not to utilize cellophane sacks (nylon) to bundle sustenances and water.
Utilizing `moi-moi' for instance, he said that the sustenance gets to be harmful when arranged and bundled in nylon packs.
As indicated by him, cellophane packs contain a substantial measurement of dioxins that are unsafe to wellbeing.
He informed darlings with respect to moi-moi to utilize the conventional wrapping leaves as opposed to cellophane, including that leaves don't contain such toxic substance.
What's more, the priest said beans and grains safeguarded with polythene packs could likewise be hurtful, being put away at a temperature of 40 degrees Celsius.
He likewise said that the utilization of sachet water (unadulterated water) presented to more than 28 degree Celsius temperature was risky for drinking.
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