Why we need to do more to secure Kenya food safety standards

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Customers countercheck the prices of maize flour at a supermarket in Nakuru earlier this year. FILE PHOTO | NMG

Food safety for animal and human nutrition is a public health concern in any jurisdiction worldwide. It is sensitive to a country’s social stability and development and needs to be prioritised.

There have been several incidents in the recent past, especially in schools, where contaminated food has harmed consumers. It is worrying that discussions about food safety are only incident-based and hardly capture national attention regularly.

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