Bad news for ‘Chofi’ lovers: FDA seizes boxes of Turkey tail in Suhum, Nsawam, says product has been banned since 1999
News reacting DailyNewsGhana is that the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) is at war with turkey tail hawkers and retailers.
There is increased demand for turkey tail locally called ‘chofi’ and it is a booming business in areas such as the Suhum-Nsawam stretch of the Accra-Kumasi highway, Accra-Cape Coast road as well as Accra-Akosombo road. Some traders have engaged in the ‘chofi’ business for more than 35 years.
The FDA argues that the fatty delicacy is unhealthy and that existing law (which came into force in 1999) makes the commercialization of ‘chofi’ illegal.
In fulfillment of their mandate to safeguard public safety, the FDA has seized boxes of turkey tail from sellers in the Eastern Region, particularly Suhum and Nsawam.
DailyNewsGhana reporters are yet to visit the scene, stay on here for updates.
In 2010, the FDA attempted to enforce the ban on ‘chofi’ but some hawkers in the Nsawam Adoagyire in the Eastern Region resisted it, warning ‘Should the government collapse our business, we will have no other option than to stand by the roadside and hawk (with our) bodies, we will become prostitutes’.
