Practitioners in the food industry have predicted the outbreak of diseases through food poisoning, if pro-active measures are not taken to sanitise the industry.

Chairman, Nigerian Institute of Food Science and Technology (NIFST), Prof Gabriel Okafor has called on government at all levels to place stringent...

The Nigerian Institute of Food Science and Technology (NIFST) has called for implementation of food safety standards to enhance product acceptability in the international markets.

Scientists are unanimous that deploying innovation and technology into the country’s food industry will not only avert the predicted food crisis but boost productivity and sufficiency. Some food safety experts who raised the alarm listed the country’s rising population amid huge technology gaps, lack of enabling environment for researchers, inadequate funding for research, high processing…

The Country Manager, Cassava: Adding Value for Africa Phase 2 (C:AVA II) Nigeria, Professor Lateef Sanni has attested to the success of the project in alleviating...

An estimated 600 million – almost one in 10 people in the world – fall ill after eating contaminated food and 420,000 die every year, resulting in the loss of 33 million healthy life years (DALYs).

The Nigerian Institute of Food Science and Technology (NIFST) has supported the Federal Ministry of Health’s endorsement of the Nigerian Bottling Company (NBC’s) products-Fanta and Sprite.