Stop using paracetamol and hypo to process garri - osun government warns

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January 9th, 2020, 3:13 pm

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News going arround suggested that people now uses some chemical substances such as hypo and paracetamol to aid their garri process.
The Osun State Government has called on caterers and food vendors in the state to stop the dangerous act of using paracetamol to tenderise meat and also the use of ‘hypo’ a bleaching detergent for cassava processing to induce ‘whiteness of fufu and gaari.’

The warning was issued in Osogbo at a joint news conference addressed by the Special Adviser on Public Health, Pharmacist Siji Olamiju and the state Commissioner for Information and Civic Orientation, Mrs. Funke Egbemode on the harmful effects of the illicit acts on vital organs of the body such as the liver, kidneys, heart and the small intestines.

Olamiju disclosed that the dangerous trend in public health was recently uncovered by the state public health surveillance volunteers who were assigned to visit primary health centres across the state.

Describing the act as criminal and one borne of deadly ignorance, Olamiju admonished the perpetrators to desist as it portends great danger to the health of the consumers in the state.

The Adviser alerted that ‘hypo’, which is a bleaching agent meant for laundry ought not to even get in contact with the skin least of all the alimentary system.

Mrs. Egbemode disclosed that the decision to embark on a state –wide awareness campaign and public sensitisation on the issue was aimed educating caterers and cassava processors and averting possible adverse health implications of the illicit acts which had been on over the years.

She further revealed that the awareness campaign was sequel to the worrisome report of the sharp practices which was given at the first state executive council meeting in the new year.

Mrs Egbemode explained that discovery has shown that paracetamol; a pain relieving medication is being used as tenderiser to boil meat and meat and to process tough cowleg in order to cut cost and to reduce the cooking time.

She also lamented the usage of ‘hypo’ detergent to process cassava without minding its harmful health implications on vital organs of the body which, she identified, can cause slow and instalmental death.
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January 11th, 2020, 7:51 am

4 DANGEROUS SICKNESS DRINKING
GARRI MAY CAUSE YOU.
Garri is one of the foods we cannot do without, it's one of the most consumed staple food nation wide. Garri is simply made from cassava, this makes it cheap and consumed by all class of people. Garri has various nicknames like G-4, SP (Student power) garrison, garri flacks and other tribal names which may sound funny. It's most times consumed with fish, dried meat, groundnut and coconut. The health benefits of garri is not neglected when it comes to its consumption, but the health implications of garri has raised eyebrows to the increased consumption of this great food. The implications of drinking garri regularly will be discussed below.
1. Garri can cause ulcer due to the high levels of cyanide in the poor processed cassava. Cyanide which is an organic acid in nature when it's more concentrated in the intestine leads to increased risk of developing ulcer.
2. The hydrocyanic acid in garri can cause serious eye defects.
3. Garri is a high carbohydrate food and can increase blood sugar level in diabetic patients. This may cause these patients various health risk likes weight gain, infertility and reduced wound healing ability.
4. Some garri during processing are made with red oil and this oil may increase risk of heart attacks and failure because of the obstruction of blood flow to the heart caused by the saturated fat of the oil.
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January 11th, 2020, 8:18 am

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December 1st, 2020, 1:39 pm

:yrc: people shouldn't do that, that could cause mass poisoning
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December 1st, 2020, 5:52 pm

Deon wrote:4 DANGEROUS SICKNESS DRINKING
GARRI MAY CAUSE YOU.
Garri is one of the foods we cannot do without, it's one of the most consumed staple food nation wide. Garri is simply made from cassava, this makes it cheap and consumed by all class of people. Garri has various nicknames like G-4, SP (Student power) garrison, garri flacks and other tribal names which may sound funny. It's most times consumed with fish, dried meat, groundnut and coconut. The health benefits of garri is not neglected when it comes to its consumption, but the health implications of garri has raised eyebrows to the increased consumption of this great food. The implications of drinking garri regularly will be discussed below.
1. Garri can cause ulcer due to the high levels of cyanide in the poor processed cassava. Cyanide which is an organic acid in nature when it's more concentrated in the intestine leads to increased risk of developing ulcer.
2. The hydrocyanic acid in garri can cause serious eye defects.
3. Garri is a high carbohydrate food and can increase blood sugar level in diabetic patients. This may cause these patients various health risk likes weight gain, infertility and reduced wound healing ability.
4. Some garri during processing are made with red oil and this oil may increase risk of heart attacks and failure because of the obstruction of blood flow to the heart caused by the saturated fat of the oil.
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