Brominated Vegetable Oil in Carbonated Beverage Drinks: A concern. 

The discussion on food matters this week focused on brominated vegetable oil in carbonated beverages (BVO) and whether it should be banned in soft drinks. A question was asked, "What is Brominated Vegetable Oil?" It was a surprise to learn that it's used in soft...

Fight Against Food Fraud is a Corroborative Task – GM, LASCOPA

This month's NIFST Lagos chapter meeting held on February 25th, 2024, at NAFDAC Zone, was quite informative. The Lagos State Consumer Protection Agency (LASCOPA) is a government body in Lagos, Nigeria, tasked with safeguarding consumers' rights, ensuring fair business...

CLEANING AND SANITATION TECHNIQUES (A guide to achieve sanitary condition in a facility).

Cleaning: This is the physical act of removing dirt, debris, stains from a particular surface to achieve a desired level of cleanliness. Cleaning can be one or all of these: scrapping, blowing, sweeping, wiping, washing etc. One common thing all these methods listed...

Special Lifetime Impact Award For Oloye Ladipo On Her Centenary Mark.

On the 23rd day of February 2024, NIFST SPECIAL DELEGATION visited a dear passionate member of the trustees of NIFST with the sole purpose of celebrating her achieving a great landmark of centenary and presented a Special Lifetime Impact Award to OLOYE VIOLET IYABODE...

Government Ban On Use Of Styrofoam For Food Packaging: What Are Safer Substitutes?

The discussion held on Food matters expressed concerns about the government's ban on Styrofoam without little or no substitute for similar affordable food packaging material. The safety of plastic takeaway packs for hot foods and the use of aluminum foil for moi-moi...

Achieving Healthy Nutrition Lifestyle In Nigeria With The Current Food Inflation: Alternatives And Way Forward.

This week on Food Matters; discussions on achieving a healthy nutrition lifestyle in Nigeria amidst food inflation brought up some interesting points. An emphasis on the importance of home gardening and farming to combat the rampant use of harmful chemical...

NIFST Lagos Chapter Rolls Out Plans For 2024

Today’s meeting can best be summarized as super in all its matrix. It has set a major milestone and roadmap for the Chapter this 2024. Major appointments and programs have been set for the year. There is something for every NIFSTer to latch on to - the Street Food...

NIFST PRESS RELEASE ON FAKE, ADULTERATED, AND COUNTERFEIT FOODS AND BEVERAGES.

The Nigerian Institute of Food Science and Technology (NIFST) is the sole registered non-profit organization representing food professionals across academia, industry, government, and research institutes in Nigeria. Committed to our vision of providing abundant...

Maintaining Quality Standards At The Expense Of Making More Profit.

Like every other business, food companies aim to make a profit and continually find ways to improve the profitability of the business. However, the quality control professional needs to ensure that this does not in any way affect the quality and safety of the product....

Taking Foods As Medicine: Healing Or Killing?

The subject of discussion this week, "Taking foods as medicine: Healing or killing"? generated opinions on anti-nutritional factors of home remedies from food groups. The discussion centered around whether consuming foods as medicine is beneficial or harmful. It...

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