Distributed foodstuff was safe: WFP
WFP responds to NHRC report
Numerous experts, including representatives from the World Health Organisation and the Ministry of Health, have stated that the illnesses in the mid and far west were results of contaminated water, poor sanitation and lack of hygiene
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KATHMANDU, NOV 01 - The World Food Programme (WFP) reiterated on Saturday that nothing was wrong with its food.
The UN agency said in a release that it was concerned over the recent report of the Nepal Human Rights Commission (NHRC), which said that WFP-distributed food was also to blame for the diarrhoea outbreak that killed about 400 people in the Mid and Far Western regions.
The WFP said it is troubled over the implications of “claims that are not based on new scientific tests, including the alarm it could raise among more than two million Nepalis, who depend on our food.”
It noted that a probe by the Natural Resources Institute (NRI), an internationally recognised expert in the field of quality assurance, has shown the WFP food is safe for human consumption.
“Numerous experts, including representatives from the World Health Organisation and the Ministry of Health, have stated that the illnesses in the mid and far west were results of contaminated water, poor sanitation and lack of hygiene,” the WFP said. “Claiming otherwise is untrue and puts more lives at risk by diminishing efforts that will prevent diarrhoea outbreak in the future.”
Posted on: 2009-11-01 10:47
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