Ho, Oct. 26, - Mr Charles
Agyei Mensah, a Regulatory Officer of the Food and Drugs Authority, has called
on traders and market women in the Ho Central Market to be wary of the influx
of unsafe food from “fraudsters” on the market.
He said “food fraud” had become
business for some individuals and urged the traders to make food safety a
priority and ensure that products they dealt with were licensed by the
Authority.
Mr Mensah said this at a
sensitization forum for traders and market women in the Ho Central Market where
food safety practices and how to avoid food contamination were discussed.
Mrs Edem Ameflu, another official
of the FDA, said routine checking of various products in the market and shops
are necessary in the Region due to the influx of products from neighbouring
Togo.
She said the forum was to
sensitise the traders on how to identify unlicensed or expired products and how
to prevent food contamination.
The FDA team took the traders
through basic food safety and security techniques and personal hygiene.
GNA
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