Mrs Roseline Ajayi, the
Kwara Coordinator of NAFDAC, warned on Thursday in Ilorin during sensitisation
programme for fast food operators and food vendors on dangers of using the drug
to cook.
Worried at the rate at
which Nigerian food vendors cook their meats and beans with Paracetamol, the
National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has
sounded a warning for all to desist from such method of cooking.
The NAFDAC coordinator
noted that the use of paracetamol for cooking can cause kidney and liver
failure.
According to her, “the use
of paracetamol to tenderise meat and beans while cooking may be considered as a
way to cut cost, but with grievous and unprecedented health implications, which
include liver and kidney failure.”
The NAFDAC coordinator
explained that paracetamol is a drug used to treat pain and fever, belonging to
the class of drugs referred to as analgesic and anti-pyretics.
She noted that foods
provide nutritional support for life, while drug is a substance used in
treatment, cure, and prevention of diseases.
She warned that “foods are
not drugs and it’s a necessity for life, while drug is indicated for or against
ailment.
When drug is used for
cooking, it is hydrolyzed or broken down into components, which include
4-aminophenol, a highly toxic chemical to the kidney and liver.
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