The Oyo State Government on Monday, March 11, banned the use of styrofoam for food serving and storage.
Back in January, the Lagos state government banned the use of the food packs known as “Take Away Packs”. Abia State later followed suit.
Then, the Oyo State House of Assembly, on Thursday, February 8, 2024, urged the state government to ban the use of styrofoam for food purposes in the state. It, therefore, inaugurated the Food Safety Compliance Enforcement Task Force to oversee the enforcement of food safety rules and regulations in the state.
The state Commissioner for Health, Oluwaserimi Ajetunmobi, announced the ban during the Food Safety Stakeholders Forum, and the inauguration of the task force, held at the conference room of the ministry, Secretariat, Agodi in Ibadan, the state capital.
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