*Formalin is chemical used for embalming corpses.* Hear what experts say about frozen poultry products that had been banned by the Federal Government of Nigeria and yet the demand for them is high across the country: #a prominent importer, who preferred to be anonymous, explained that demand for the banned products is high across the country, “the only thing is the health implications. Some of the products spend more than two years in the warehouses at Benin Republic and Togo before they get to Nigeria”.
# Ehimon said: “This cannot happen in any civilized society. Smuggled poultry products are available in the open markets across the country. The questions are: What is the source of these products? What are the health implications of consuming the products? I want to use this opportunity to appeal to the Federal Government to institute a panel to unravel the source and health implications of the products on Nigerians. The speculation out there is that the smuggled products are being preserved with formalin and other chemicals. The possibility of bacterial and other forms of contamination cannot be ruled out. The government should do something before it is too late.”
#Wale Oyekoya, the increased public awareness on the health hazards of consuming smuggled poultry products will discourage consumers from patronizing smugglers of the products. He said: “The information dissemination is not there for people to be aware that what they are eating is deadly. You can’t just go and be seizing products when you have not given people consuming them better information about it. Most consumers just buy, they don’t even know what they are eating is being preserved with formalin. If Customs can stop the customers patronizing them, the smugglers will have no business bringing it if there are nobody to buy.”
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