In this paper, EatSafe examines the process of “making a market” through a case study of vendors and consumers, using in-depth interviews, in Birnin Kebbi, Nigeria. Results demonstrate that market transactions are influenced by a complex interaction of vendors’ norms on competition and collaboration, consumers’ needs for credit amid unpredictable prices and restrictive gender norms, and a “moral economy” that appears to guide market actors’ behavior.
To increase consumer demand for improved food safety, EatSafe is testing three interventions that seek to change consumers and vendor behaviors in a traditional food market in Hawassa, Ethiopia.
EatSafe interviewed producers, processors, transporters, storage providers, and wholesalers of six food commodities to understand perceptions and actions related to food safety hazards across Nigerian food supply chains.
GAIN’s mission is to improve the consumption of nutritious and safe food for all people, especially those most vulnerable to malnutrition. As a nutrition organisation, we understand food safety to be a core component of our mission and our ability to achieve healthier diets. Safe food is essential for food security and nutrition, and it affects everything from what consumers eat, to their livelihoods, and their families’ health.
Join us for an in-depth discussion of the critical role that food standards play in ensuring food safety beyond basic compliance. This year’s theme is Food standards save lives.
On 7 June, World Food Safety Day, FAO and WHO will host a hybrid high-level event where participants can learn how food safety standards contribute to saving lives. The event will expand on this year’s theme for World Food Safety Day, "Food standards save lives".
This paper, published in Advances in Nutrition & Food Science, explores the moisture adsorption behavior of dried tomato slices purchased from a food market in Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria.
In Nigeria, packaging of fresh fruits and vegetables especially tomatoes is mostly done using traditional woven baskets from palm fronds. This study assessed the potential impact of replacing these woven baskets with plastic crates.
EatSafe collected samples of seven nutritious commodities to assess the relative exposure and risk of foodborne illness from consuming products commonly sold in traditional food markets in northwestern Nigeria.
