It has emerged that the Veterinary Services Directorate of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) failed to inform the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) about a health alert received from Brazilian authorities on infested imported gizzards that had found their way into the Ghanaian market.
Ghana’s Vet Services, though received an alert from Brazil’s Ministry of Agriculture about the potential presence of salmonella pathogens on some four containers of gizzard that had arrived in the country, they failed to inform their counterparts at the port.
This failure to inform their counterparts at the FDA allowed three of the four containers to be cleared by the importers for onward distribution.
It took five clear days after the receipt of the alert for the Vet Services Directorate to take action but Mr. Baah said they needed further clarification on the matter, hence the time lapse.
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