Assessment of Environmental Sanitation, Food Safety Knowledge, Handling Practice among Food Handlers of Bukateria Complexes in Iju Town, Akure North of Ondo-State, Nigeria.

Odipe, Oluwaseun E.; Raimi, Morufu Olalekan; Nimisngha, Deinkuro; Funmilayo, Abdulraheem Aishat; Edewor, Okolosi-Patani innocent; Lateefat, Habeeb Modupe; Fadeyibi, Mary

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“…Other key obstacles to food safety in Nigeria include the lack of a positive attitude towards risk management and an unwillingness to learn from accidents, near misses, and safety performance indicators [78][79][80][81]. As reported in several studies, foods are often prepared in unsanitary conditions, regular washing of hands is somewhat rare, and foods are often exposed to flies and other insects [18,[35][36][37][38]64,67,73,77,81].…”

Section: Limitations In Promoting Food Safety Culture In Nigeriamentioning

confidence: 99%

Improving Food Safety Culture in Nigeria: A Review of Practical Issues

Onyeaka

Ekwebelem

Eze

et al. 2021

Foods

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As a developing nation and the most populous nation in Africa, Nigeria has enormous challenges connected with food safety culture. To produce and provide safe, secure and nutritious food, consumers and food businesses must abide by a set of shared values known as food safety culture. In Nigeria, food safety culture is a complex subject due to Nigeria’s heterogeneous and diverse nature, as demonstrated by its over 250 ethnic groups. As Nigeria becomes more urbanized and incomes continue to fluctuate at robust rates, few Nigerians are conscious of food safety issues. In addition, oversight from government regulators around food safety require improvement. Public engagement in food safety issues has not witnessed a promising trajectory in recent years. In this article, we provide a review of the food safety culture in Nigeria and its role and influence on various cases of food safety issues in Nigeria. Of interest to this paper are studies exploring consumer and food handler perceptions and behavior regarding food safety. In addition, keen attention is devoted to areas that are in need of additional research to help address practical and on-the-ground challenges associated with Nigeria’s food safety practices. This article suggests that improving food safety culture in Nigeria requires both applying the best management and communication approaches in different regions and understanding the local food safety practices.

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Section: Limitations In Promoting Food Safety Culture In Nigeriamentioning

confidence: 99%

Improving Food Safety Culture in Nigeria: A Review of Practical Issues

Onyeaka

Ekwebelem

Eze

et al. 2021

Foods

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“…It has re-emphasized the value of immunization and the need for a flexible and sustainable approach to build country, regional and global immunization capacity, and has enabled us an opportunity to review, explore new possibilities as well as unmasked and perpetuated inequities of disease transmission, access to Perspective Chapter: Applying Innovative Research as a Tool to Advance Immunization Coverage… DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.106513 health care and vaccination distribution in countries and among countries [3-9, 12, 13]. In addition, COVID-19 has exacerbated existing health challenges due to climate change events (droughts, wildfires, migration, floods, food insecurity) hampering the pandemic response [14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21]. Globally, the health community has learned how illprepared we were for a pandemic from the highest levels of surveillance and preparedness to the facilities in a rural outpost.…”

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Perspective Chapter: Applying Innovative Research as a Tool to Advance Immunization Coverage in Bayelsa State, Nigeria

Raimi¹,

Sunday²,

McFubara³

et al. 2022

Emerging Issues in Environmental Epidemiology and Its Reflection [Working Title]

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Scientific research is the basis for sound planning and management of all resources and, as such, is the key to the future health and prosperity of all humanity. Uncertainty drives scientific curiosity and thirst for knowledge and solutions, but it can also lead to insecurity, anxiety, and fear. However, few will dispute that life on earth is becoming increasingly threatened by public/environmental health problems, issues that can be commonly linked to unregulated human activities and irresponsible policymaking. But, how has these public/environmental health problems affected our future and how can they be resolved? Such questions are clearly very difficult to answer, but where there is will, there is hope, and scientists throughout the world diligently continue with their painstaking efforts to understand the issues and develop effective solutions. Thus, the aim of the study is to contribute new ideas to the general direction of the country continuity plan both at the National and State level and to create a space to generate dialog important in shaping and responding to questions about the drive in addressing innovative research in secondary-use of health data for immunization and vaccination. While, emerging young scientists have an especially important role to play toward enhancing universal health coverage. They have inherited public/environmental health issues through no fault of their own but are able to bring fresh vitality and new perspectives that can drive research and innovation forward into uncharted territories. They represent the hope for the future and deserve support by every means possible. As the amount of assistance a researcher receives has to be more nuanced when it is received than just extending simple blanket to all and sundry. Researcher thus, requires a novel system of reward as well as recognition to deal with the pandemic’s uneven impact. Thus, evidence for action need to prioritizes research to evaluate specific interventions (e.g., policies, programs, practices) that have the potential to counteract the harms of structural and improve health, well-being, and equity outcomes. This requires equal investment in implementation planning evidence and resources to ensuring research products and practices are implemented to achieve positive impact for the end-user.

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“…Government Area of Katsina state in Nigeria at latitude 11 o 34'.587657" N and longitude 7 0 14'.238149" E (Odipe et al, 2019). The dam cut across farmlands, residential and industrial areas.…”

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Quantitative Assessment of Pollution Status of Heavy Metals in the Water from Mairua Dam, Faskari LGA, Katsina State, Northwestern Nigeria

Uba¹,

Ajibola²,

Adeosun³

et al. 2022

Bayero J. Pure App. Sci.

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Pollution of surface water by toxic metals has received considerable attention due to its risk to human health and ecology. Consequently, the present study focused on the assessment of the heavy metal concentrations in the water from Mairua dam. This research reveals the concentrations of the selected toxic metals (Pb, Cd, Co, Cr and Ni) in water samples. The following trend was observed across the sampling points; Co> Cr> Cd> Ni> Pb. The concentrations of Pb across the sampling points were within the WHO (2011) permissible limits. However the Cd concentrations across the sampling points were within the WHO limits of 0.003 mg/kg with exemption of W1, W2, W3, W4, W5, W8 and W10 respectively. Similarly the concentrations of Co in the analyzed water samples were all above WHO (2011) tolerable limits of 0.01 mg/kg. The elevated level of cobalt in the water may be attributed to leachates from farmlands and domestic waste. The concentrations of Cr across the sampling points were within the WHO (2011) permissible limits of 0.005 mg/kg with exemption of samples W2, W3, W4, W7, W8, W10 and W11 respectively. However, the concentrations of Ni across the sampling points were higher than WHO (2011) permissible limits of 0.01 mg/kg. Nickel is introduced into the environment from both natural and man-made sources. The results obtained for Contamination Factors reveals low contamination (Cf<1) with an exemption of Cd in points W1 and W2. PLI denotes no pollution and Hazard quotient values also showed that the analyzed water has no potential health effects with exemption to Cd. The results also shows that there was no significant difference in the analyzed samples at p<0.005 across the sampling sites. Pollution of the water by Cd may be as a result of anthropogenic activities that are released into the dam. It is recommended to periodically monitor the water.

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Assessment of Environmental Sanitation, Food Safety Knowledge, Handling Practice among Food Handlers of Bukateria Complexes in Iju Town, Akure North of Ondo-State, Nigeria.

Cited by 15 publications

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Improving Food Safety Culture in Nigeria: A Review of Practical Issues

Improving Food Safety Culture in Nigeria: A Review of Practical Issues

Perspective Chapter: Applying Innovative Research as a Tool to Advance Immunization Coverage in Bayelsa State, Nigeria

Quantitative Assessment of Pollution Status of Heavy Metals in the Water from Mairua Dam, Faskari LGA, Katsina State, Northwestern Nigeria

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