FDA shuts down seven Chinese shops over unregistered food products – Here are the products

Officials of the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) in the Ashanti Region have shut down seven Chinese-owned shops at Ahodwo for selling unregistered food products.

The action forms part of the Authority’s intensified efforts to remove unsafe and unapproved products from the market to protect public health.

Speaking to Citi News, the Ashanti Regional Director of the FDA, Nathaniel Nana Kwabena Nkrumah, said the affected shops were found with food and consumable items labelled in Chinese, making it difficult for consumers to understand their contents and composition.

He said this situation raises serious safety concerns for Ghanaian consumers.

Mr Nkrumah stressed that Ghanaian law requires all food products to be labelled in English and to undergo FDA registration and safety checks before being sold. He noted that the shop owners failed to meet these requirements.

He added that if the owners refuse to comply with due process, the FDA will ensure the products are disposed of through approved safe methods.

Reaffirming the Authority’s mandate to protect public health, Mr Nkrumah assured the public of the FDA’s commitment to removing unsafe and unregistered products from the market.

“They cannot sell those products to anybody in the country. They should just get their product registered, and then they can do their business peacefully,” he said.

The enforcement exercise follows the recent closure of four Ghanaian owned shops at Akoko Specs and Ash Town for selling substandard and unregistered baby diapers, which the FDA said pose potential health risks to infants…CONTINUE MORE READING>>>