The Deputy Director, Directorate of General Administration, Agricultural and Rural Management Institute (ARMTI), Dr. Ademola Adeyemo has called for implementation of a policy which would examine packaging materials to avoid contamination.
Dr Ademola the authorities should focus on the regulation on packaging, with particular attention to the migration of chemicals from packaging and food contact materials, adding that there are possibilities that contaminated chemicals in plastics used in food and food packaging could affect consumers.
The ARMTI Deputy Director said there should be policy directives on how to use materials that come in contact with foods. He said the government should spell out standards on new packaging and recycled ones, adding that companies should step up technologies that they are using and demonstrate their readiness to ensure safety in the production process.
He said agencies should consider other avenues to address the issue of contamination, ranging from the provisions that are already in place under the food standards code, to regulatory, co-regulatory and self-regulatory options which are not yet in place.
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