Traders Dig Up and Sell Contaminated Chicken Buried by Customs in Lagos - Commissioner Warns

The Lagos State Commissioner for Agriculture, Toyin Suarau, on Sunday, disclosed that some imported contaminated poultry products which were seized and buried by the Nigeria Customs Service in Badagry area of the state, have been exhumed by some people with the aim of selling them.

 Suarau is now warning residents of the state against the consumption of poultry produce that are in circulation at present as they pose serious health risks.

 The Commissioner made this disclosure yesterday when officials of the National Orientation Agency, on the directive of the Federal Government, visited him as part of the sensitisation of Lagosians on the dangers of consuming the contaminated food and to draw the attention of the public to the dangers inherent in buying and consuming these poultry produce.

 Sarau also said among the contaminated produce, were chicken and turkey, adding that the products had been laced with chemicals such as formalin, which is poisonous and could lead to slow death.

 He added that the poisonous produce was not as nutritious as freshly processed poultry meat because imported poultry meat had been preserved for months and years with dangerous chemicals.