A food scientist, Vera Eze, has advised Nigerians to always ensure consumption of safe foods to avoid sicknesses and diseases that could lead to death.
Eze, who is the Chairperson of the Abuja chapter of Nigerian Institute of Food Science and Technology , gave the advice while speaking in Abuja.
She observed that some of the foods consumed by Nigerians had the tendency to kill outrightly.
She expressed the need for government to create silos and collection centres for farmers for effective regulation and distribution of foods in the country.
Eze advised Nigerians to buy unripe fruits and allow them ripen naturally because most fruits in the markets were ripened with dangerous chemicals.
She advised those who needed to ripen their fruits artificially to use ethylene gas which, she said, was safe for consumption.
