Nigeria has over the years grappled with the problem of
food-borne diseases with their attendant social, economic
and health costs. Food-borne diseases are diseases
resulting from consuming food and beverages. Social
epidemiology, in the context of this paper, refers to the
incidence and prevalence of food-borne disease.
Whereas the former refers to the number of new cases
that occur within a given society, the latter is the total
number of cases existing at a given time (Schaefer,
2007).