Lagos Warns Residents To Beware Of Exhumed Chicken, Turkey In Circulation
The Lagos State Government has advised residents of the state against buying and consuming contaminated poultry produce like chicken and turkey, currently on sale in different parts of Lagos State.
The health alert, which according to Informationng, was given by the State Commissioner for Agriculture, Mr. Toyin Suarau at the weekend, said that the contaminated chicken and turkey were seized by officials of the Nigeria Customs Service in Badagry only for some unscrupulous persons to go and exhume them and start selling to unsuspecting members of the public.
Mr. Suarau, who disclosed this while receiving officials of the National Orientation Agency (NOA), who came on the directive of the Federal Government to appeal for support on how to sensitive Lagosians on the danger posed by this act, noted that these exhumed poultry produce are poisonous and could result in the death of those who consumed it.
“This visit by officials of National Orientation Agency was based on the circular received by the agency about the recently exhumed contaminated poultry produce being destroyed by officials of the Nigeria Customs Service somewhere in Badagry.
“The need for sensitization on the dangers associated with consuming these exhumed poisonous poultry produce cannot be over-emphasized especially in view of the havoc it poses to the public”, he noted.
The commissioner explained that the imported poultry produce, which were preserved with chemicals like formalin, which is poisonous, could result in the slow death of the consumer without their knowledge.
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