Improve on food safety and hygiene

By Waiswa Kassim Balabyeki
Policy makers and implementers In Africa should put much emphasis on food safety and hygiene and good laws must be made to ensure food available in the market is safe and I call upon the general public to demand for food safety and must be considered as our human right. Food safety in most African societies have been neglected. Authorities must thus enforce food safety and better food standards and contrary to this is a breach of human rights and the constitutional rights of the citizens. Food unfit for consumption should not be availed in the market. By doing so, we shall be able to control disease spread which has claimed many in Africa.
The Writer is a Former Food Minister at Makerere University, A Golden Partner of Goodwill Fraternity and now pursuing a Masters Degree in Food Science at the University of Reading, United Kingdom