World sesame production is about 5,532,000 metric tonnes (MT) behind soybean, groundnut, cottonseed, sunflower, linseed and rape seed in the quantity of world oil seed production, Babagana disclosed. Nigeria is also one of the top producing countries of sesame with about 9.52 per cent of the world production. “Legal and non-legal requirements that products must comply with are food safety: HACCP. Some of the export products and their contaminants are sesame seed – salmonella, insect larvae and glass fragments; in shelled groundnut it is aflatoxin; and in ginger, aflatoxin, among others. xTools for best production practices are good soil management, good agronomic practices, integrated pest management, Good Agricultural Practices (GAP), Good Hygienic Practices (GHP), Good processing/Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and Good Storage Practices (GSP) of cocoa.

Source: The Guardian June 29, 2021 03:45 UTC