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ZANZIBAR – Zanzibar has launched an investigation into a mysterious disease that is affecting the growth of cloves, the country’s major export crop, causing panic among farmers in Unguja and Pemba. According to Zanzibar Minister for Trade and Industries Development, Mr. Omar Said Shaaban, the disease is causing wilting of clove leaves affecting more than 500,000 trees in the Unguja…
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NIGERIA – The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has flagged off a new office complex at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos in a bid to counter the export of substandard products. The NAFDAC boss, Mojisola Adeyeye, revealed at the office’s commissioning, that more than 70 percent of food exported from Nigeria are rejected…
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JAPAN – Consumers with egg allergies can now enjoy the protein-rich meal devoid of worries thanks to a Japanese invention that has utilized gene editing to produce allergen-free eggs. Ovomucoid is a protein found in egg whites making up around 11% of the protein in egg whites and the main culprit behind egg allergies. Chicken egg allergies are one of…
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