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Nigerian food safety agency warns of health risks of carbide-ripenedĀ fruits.

The Director-General of the Nigerian Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof Mojisola Adeyeye, has warned that consuming fruits ripened with calcium carbide can cause cancer, heart failure, kidney failure, and liver failure. Prof. Adeyeye made the warning on Tuesday at the official flag-off of the agency’s media sensitisation workshop on the dangers of […]

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