The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), on Friday warned Nigerians to avoid the consumption of rotten tomatoes in order to control cancer and its related causes.
The Deputy Director of the Agency, Mrs. Christiana Essenwa, in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Onitsha, gave the warning.
She said that rotten tomatoes contain micro organisms that could cause cancer. According to her, "once tomatoes become rotten, it will have micro organisms, especially fungi and the fungi in rotten tomatoes give rise to mycotoxins, which are deadly and could induce cancer, and reduce the immune system in both man and animals."
Besides, she said that research shows that mycotoxins could also cause kidney disease. She further encouraged individuals that assume that rotten tomatoes can be consumed after washing and heating to abandon their assumption "because mycotoxins are heat-resistant."
She then advised consumers to stop buying rotten tomatoes that are often sold at cheaper rate in the market, saying, "it is far better to spend such money to prolong life than to use such money to purchase death."
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