Hormones in foods. Advocacy letter to government agencies

Essay from the year 2016 in the subject Chemistry - Food Chemistry, grade: 87.90, Kenyatta University, course: MSc in Foods, Nutrition and Dietetics, language: English, abstract: This is an advocacy letter on hormones in food. There is growing fear that presence of hormones in food can potentially cause harm in humans. Despite the continued reassurances from food manufacturers on the safety of the hormones in the food, consumers remain a worried lot. This has been occasioned by the food processing companies' reluctance to publish the foods that have hormones. With hormone containing foods unlabeled, associations between the introduction of hormonal ingredients into the food supply chain and human illness present a difficult task to be systematically tested and causation conclusively established. This letter is meant for various governmental departments that have the capability and funding to take action and petition on behalf of the consumer who may be powerless to twist the harm of food manufacturers to divulge the level of hormones in the food offered for sale.

Mr. Daudi Nyangaresi joined Kenya Medical Training College as a junior lecturer in the Department of Community Nutrition. Prior to coming to Kenya Medical Training College, he participated in various volunteer and internship programs: Children of God Relief Institute, Ministry of Health (Mbagathi District Hospital) and Bomer Nutrition and Health Consultants. Nyangaresi received his BSc in Foods, Nutrition, and Dietetics from Kenyatta University and is now pursuing his MSc in Foods, Nutrition, and Dietetics in the same institution. Nyangaresi's teaching interests include Maternal and Child Nutrition and Health, Management of Malnutrition, Nutrition Surveillance, and Food Security. He has participated in the development of new curricula and courses during his stay at Kenya Medical Training College. His primary research interests are in the field of Maternal, Infant, and Young Child Nutrition. Specifically, he is interested in student writing, pedagogies of Maternal, Infant and Young Child Nutrition, and the integration of research and practice. Nyangaresi resides with his family in Nairobi. In his free time, he cycles in a group of friends and watches movies afterward.