The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control
(NAFDAC) has warned food vendors and others against the use of
paracetamol as tenderiser in cooking meat and beans, saying it can cause
kidney and liver failure.
Mrs Roseline Ajayi, the Kwara Coordinator of NAFDAC, said this on
Thursday in Ilorin during sensitisation programme for fast food
operators and food vendors on dangers of using the drug to cook.
Ajayi said “the use of paracetamol to tenderise meat and beans while
cooking may be considered as a way to cut cost, but with grevious and
unprecedented health implications, which include liver and kidney
failure.”
The NAFDAC coordinator explained that paracetamol is a drug used to
treat pain and fever, belonging to the class of drugs referred to as
analgesic and anti-pyretics.
According to her, the common brand names available are panadol, Emzor
paracetamol, commonly available in tablets, caplets and syrup dosage
forms and is over the counter drug which is readily accessible.
She noted that foods provide nutritional support for life, while drug
is a substance used in treatment, cure, and prevention of diseases.
She warned that “foods are not drugs and it’s a necessity for life, while drug is indicated for or against ailment.
“When drug is used for cooking, it is hydrolyzed or broken down into
components, which include 4-aminophenol, a highly toxic chemical to the
kidney and liver.
“NAFDAC is compelled to respond to the emerging food safely issues,
which is capable of consuming the health of several unsuspecting and
innocent victims and citizens.”
She, therefore, warned people who patronise food vendors either
Bukateria, cafeteria or fast foods that they may be exposed to
indiscriminate intake of paracetamol unknowingly, which is harmful to
their health.
Ajayi also said that the sensitisation became necessary as it was
directed by the Director-General of NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, that
awareness be created on the grave consequences of the practice of using
paracetamol to cook.
She appealed to the conscience of the practitioners to desist from
the practice, while also urging those with large families to conduct
their cooking business with the understanding of the consequences of
their decisions on the health of the populace and family members.
Ajayi listed some methods of meat tenderisation that people could
adopt to include soaking meat in salt for 30 minute, marinating with
vinegar or citrus or wine before cooking.
Other methods she said were using thyme and onions, as well as using pressure cooker.
Mr Otepola Adeolu, a representative of the National Orientation Agency (NOA), also warned people against the bad cooking habit.
He urged people to report any case of the practice to the appropriate authorities.
The issue of the bad cooking habit came under “Motion on Matter of
Urgent National Importance on the Need to Investigate Alleged Use of
Paracetamol and Bleach to Tenderise Meat and Process Cassava in Osun
State and across the federation’’ recently at the House of
Representatives, where members urged NAFDAC to sensitise Nigerians
against the practice.
The House also mandated NAFDAC and other relevant government bodies
to arrest and prosecute all offenders of this provision to serve as a
deterrent, while helping to curtail the continuous perpetuation of such
crimes against humanity.
The lawmakers further urged federal and state ministries of health,
NAFDAC and other stakeholders in the industry to develop a blueprint
that would ensure constant and regular monitoring and supervision of
food vendors and processors to avoid recurrence.
They mandated the House Committee on Health Care Services to liaise
with NAFDAC and ministries of health to engage relevant government
agencies charged with supervision and monitoring of public foods and
services, with a view to investigating this revelation in Osun, Delta
and other states of the federation.
The committee is expected to report back to the House within eight weeks for further legislative action.
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