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Bhadmus77:go for environmental (petroleum and soil fall under environmental) and thank me later. Though it's better to get a postgraduate degree in environmental management. infectious disease pathology is a different ball game entirely, I doubt if you can specialise in this area here in Nigeria. fvck medical! fvck immunology! i would advise you get a bmls or go back through direct entry and get MBBS if you want to specialise in any of them! Food MCB still remains bae and as for pharmaceutical... |
Have you ever thought of going into a convenience store or a super market to by Akara? Do not even think about it! Nigerians will agree with me that it is a stupid thing to do. Well, if you decide to go ahead still, what you will find is “cheese balls” instead of Akara (beans ball). You will find sachet wheat-flour cakes instead of sachet beans cakes (moi-moi or opka) or rice/corn cake (masa). You will find Coke drink instead of Zobo (Roselle) drink. You will find Soya drink instead of Kunu (cereal) drink. You will find many packaged foods but are not African, like cookies/biscuits, crackers, breads, cakes, candies, rolls and pies. Short Shelf Life of African Foods Supermarkets and convenience stores businesses are very concerned about the shelf life of the goods they sell. The shelf life of a good is very important to a seller and a buyer. The shorter the shelf life of a food, the riskier it is to store that food. This is a big change for supermarkets and convenience stores because they buy their goods in very large quantities, store and sell to the final consumer. On the other hand, no consumer will knowingly stock his or her kitchen with food that will definitely get bad few days later. Most African convenience foods have very short shelf life so stocking them is a very bad idea. They can get bad just after two days of production. Foods like akara, masa, okpa and moi-moi start to get bad just after a day. This is not so with other cakes of foreign origin. The most comparable cake of foreign origin, which is the wheat flour cupcake, can easily be found on the shelves of supermarkets in Nigeria. They have shelf life of about 2 weeks. The short shelf life of akara, masa, okpa and moi-moi can be tied to factors like high moisture content, presence of oil or fat, absence of preservatives and poor or bad packaging. Biodegrading organisms are most active in moist condition, thus can quicken the break down of food into undesirable or even toxic product. Fat or oil gets stale or rancid when exposed to light and microorganism that break down fat and oil. In addition, when a product is not proper packed or sealed, the product will certainly get bad faster compared to the same product that is properly sealed. This is because the pack is not airtight so there is an increased or maximum contact with atmospheric moisture and organism that encourages deterioration. Poor Packaging and Branding No supermarket or convenience store will display a product that is not well packaged and branded. Good presentation matters a lot in the business of buying and selling. Products have to be appealing and attractive to buyers. African foods have good taste and smell but good taste and smell cannot attract the eyes. In a supermarket or convenience store, aesthetics is important. The most consumed Nigerian drinks are zobo and kunu and they are sold inside used bottles of different water bottling companies. Supermarkets or convenience stores will never stock that kind of product on their shelf. The Job of Food Scientists Nigerian food scientists have evidently and obviously not lived up to societal expectation as regards to adding value to Nigerian convenience food and African foods in general. According to the Institute of Food Technologies (IFT), a food scientist studies the physical, microbiological and chemical make up of food and by applying their findings; they are responsible for developing the safe, nutritious food and innovative packaging that line supermarket shelves everywhere. Nigerian food scientists should wake up to this responsibility and come up with the best ways to process, preserve and store African foods. They should come up with akara, masa, okpa, moi-moi, zobo drink, and kunu drink and other local convenience foods that are easy and cheap to produce, store and sell without the foods losing their essence. https://scitechafrica.com/2016/04/03/why-you-cannot-find-akara-beans-ball-or-masa-rice-cake-in-shoprite-or-any-supermarket/amp/
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The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, on Saturday said the Federal Government was determined to stop the sale of drugs in open markets in the counarlier announced July 31, 2017 as the deadline to end the sale of drugs in open markets. This deadline was later extended to 31st December 2018 as the earlier date of July 31, 2017 was unrealistic. The Honorable Minister made this known when he visited the site for the construction of a Pharmaceutical Coordinated Wholesale Centre at Oba, near Onitsha in Anambra. This is one of the coordinated wholesale centre that is planned to be established in Onitsha, Aba, Kano and Lagos with a promise to extend it to other cities. During the visit, the Acting Director General of NAFDAC called on all stakeholders in drug business to join hands to safeguard the health of the nation. According to her, the reason for the coordinated centre is to ensure that any drug under the facility is in appropriate drug storage condition. This exercise shows the determination of the Federal Ministry of Health in conjunction with the NAFDAC and other stakeholders towards the implementation of the National Policy on Drug Distribution as the Pharmaceutical Coordinated Wholesale Centre will now serve as better alternatives to open markets. It will be recalled that in 2016, NAFDAC with the support of some international donor agencies published NAFDAC Good Distribution Practices Guidelines For Pharmaceutical Products 2016 V 13 as part of the implementation of this National Policy on drug distribution. Watch out for our review of this guidelines to understand how it will impact the distribution of medicines in Nigeria. http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/08/open-drugs-market-ends-2018-says-minister/ |
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