Niger Foods formally achieved 4 distinct requirements to halt Nigeria’s $11.2 billion agricultural financial drain

Niger Food Security Systems and Logistics Ltd (Niger Foods) is claimed to have formally achieved full worldwide ISO certification throughout 4 distinct meals requirements: ISO 14001:2015; ISO 45001:2018; ISO 9001:2015, and ISO 22000:2018.

An announcement signed by the Chairman/CEO of Niger Foods, Engineer Sammy Adigun on Sunday and made out there to journalists in Osogbo, stated the historic milestone marks the profitable achievement of Pillar 3 of the Niger Food Policy, establishing a inflexible infrastructure designed to ensure meals security, defend public well being, and place Nigerian agricultural property for unfettered world export.

He defined that, ISO 22000:2018 – Food Safety Management System (FSMS) straight resolves worldwide agricultural export rejections brought on by chemical and toxicity limits, constructing world belief in Nigerian meals safety methods.

“ISO 9001:2015 – Quality Management Systems (QMS) standardize logistics traces to aggressively fight the 50% post-harvest transit spoilage charge, bringing structural accountability to all the distribution course of, and ISO 45001:2018 – Occupational Health & Safety Management System supplies an institutional security layer for farm personnel, technicians, and heavy tools logistics operations throughout huge regional farm hubs.

“ISO 14001:2015 – Environmental Management System (EMS) guarantees that the intensive push to feed the nation does not diminish soil fertility, mismanage natural water basins, or compromise regional ecological integrity”, Adigun stated within the assertion.

He stated by securing these 4 ISO certifications, Niger Foods strikes past conventional farming into an enforceable, extremely worthwhile agro-industrial actuality.

“Through a complete, technology-driven infrastructure community, Niger Foods is controlling vital structural entry factors of the agricultural worth chain.

“The firm’s steady enchancment serves because the operational mechanism to audit, observe, and elevate native produce to worldwide customary parameters.

“By eliminating the typical 50% transit spoilage rate and implementing rigorous quality controls, Niger Foods protects the physical and spiritual well-being of the consumers while transforming Niger State into Nigeria’s definitive lawful breadbasket”, Adigun stated.

He stated Nigeria at the moment hemorrhages an estimated $10.2 billion to $11.2 billion yearly because of the mixed forces of post-harvest meals losses and strict toxicity bans inflicting agricultural export rejections from world regulatory our bodies.

“Massive spoilage and substandard quality controls have severely bled the nation’s GDP for decades”, he stated.

Speaking additional, Adigun stated the identify Niger Foods Security Systems as established by Farmer Governor Umar Bago  of Nigeria State has strategically and completely displays the three pillars essential to overhaul the Nigerian agricultural ecosystem –  making meals out there, making meals inexpensive, and offering meals that isn’t injurious to well being.

According to him, Food safety is empty with out meals security, saying this milestone is a direct results of the dedication, lengthy hours, and arduous work put in by each single workers member