Save the Children International (SCI), an NGO, trained 450
women on food hygiene on Tuesday in Damaturu, in commemoration of the 2022 World Food Safety Day.
Reports that World Food Safety Day is celebrated annually on June 7
to draw attention and mobilise action to prevent, detect and manage foodborne risks and improve human health.
The day has “Food Safety is Every One’s Business” as slogan for 2022.
Mrs Ramatu Bello, the Nutrition Officer SCI, European Union (EU) Project, said access to sufficient amounts of safe
and nutritious food was key to sustaining life and promoting good health.
She added that “we are here to showcase food items that are locally produced from the farms and how to process them for safe consumption.
“We trained the 450 women on how to produce, store and prepare different food items; observation of hygiene practices alongside
compliance to COVID-19 safety measures.”
She said there were 15 Lead Mothers and under each one of them, there were 30 beneficiaries which made them 450 in Nasarawa
community, where the event was holding.
Bello enjoined the beneficiaries to pass on the knowledge they learnt to other members of community who were not opportuned to attend.
Mrs Aishatu Ahmed and Hajiya Fanna Umar were some of the participants who expressed gratitude to SCI for the gesture,
saying they had learnt a lot and would put the knowledge to practice.