The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control over
the weekend warned Nigerians against consumption of rotten tomatoes to
forestall cancer.
Christiana Essenwa, a Deputy Director with the Agency, gave the warning in an interview with newsmen in Onitsha.
According to her, rotten tomatoes contain micro-organisms that induce cancer.
She said, some people think that rotten tomatoes which are cheap, can
be consumed after washing and heating, stressing that the toxins could
not be washed or killed by heating since they are heat resistant.
She, therefore, advised consumers to keep-off rotten tomatoes no matter how cheap they are sold in the market.
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