The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has confirmed it has retrieved and disposed of some of the fish washed ashore over the weekend from the market.
Some fish were found along the shores of the Osu Castle beach on Friday.
Reports indicate that over 80 mammals believed to be melon-headed whales were aslo washed ashore at the Axim-Bewire beach in the Nzema East Municipality on Sunday.
The FDA subsequently dispatched inspection teams to numerous fish markets in some communities where they believed the fish could be sold.
The team also visited the Axim Municipality in the Western Region and the Osu Mandela Market in the Korle Klottey Municipality.
In an interview with Plan B FM on ‘Nkosuo Nsem’ with Bohyeba Afriyie, the Chief Executive Officer of the Food Division of the FDA, Roderick Kwabena Adjei said they are working assiduously to make sure the fish are cleared from the market completely.
“We have sent a team to the Osu Mandela market, Jamestown and the Axim Municipality in the Western Region. “We notice some of the people went to the beaches to gather the dead fish. We were able to retrieve some, and they have been disposed of”, he remarked.
“There were some however who had prepared them for consumption already. We still do not know what killed them. We are still working to completely clear the fish from the market.” He concluded.
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