Nigeria, May 23 -- The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security has notified the general public of the outbreak of poison in trade animals which occurred at a local market in the country.

According to a statement issued Thursday by the ministry's Permanent Secretary, Temitope Fashedemi, the outbreak was detected at Mandate Cattle Market, located near the College of Arabic and Islamic Legal Studies at Adewole, Ilorin, Kwara State.

It said the Kwara State Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development reported that mortality in herds occurred at the aforementioned market on Saturday, 20th April.

"The outcome of the investigation revealed that animals had grazed on the forage that was fumigated with organophosphate chemicals prior...