food production practice and food
consumption habits. The high rate of food incidents in
Nigeria suggests that the regulation against
unwholesome (fake, adulterated, sub-standard) food is to
some extent being violated by food manufacturers and
handlers. Given also the rise in the number of Nigerians
eating out, there is urgent need for the legislature as a
powerful source of law to realize that food business is a
serious business, and reposition itself for effective service
delivery to enhance food safety in Abia State. In addition
to monitoring violation of food safely regulations, other
areas of urgent attention includes making laws against
indiscriminate sinking of boreholes or siting of animals
pens in order to reduce water-borne diarrheal and
zoonotic diseases in Abia State; or those that will forge
inter-ministerial collaboration and cooperation, and
consequently proactive measures, provide emergency
action and scientific investigation should there be an
outbreak, and to forestall future occurrence respectively.
There is need to further materially and financially
support NAFDAC, SON and other organizations that fight
against activities that pose imminent risk to public health.
NAFDAC’s activities should go beyond destruction of
identified unwholesome products to organizing
awareness-creation workshops on principles of food
safety for farmers, homemakers and operators of
commercial food facilities (food vendors, hoteliers and