{"id":173464,"date":"2015-12-10T16:19:41","date_gmt":"2015-12-10T16:19:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=173464"},"modified":"2015-12-10T16:50:46","modified_gmt":"2015-12-10T16:50:46","slug":"fake-palm-oil-traders-to-appear-before-court-fda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/12\/fake-palm-oil-traders-to-appear-before-court-fda\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Fake\u2019 palm oil traders to appear before court &#8211; FDA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Police will this week put before court a number of traders who were recently arrested in connection with large quantities of adulterated palm oil confiscated by the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;rxuamaQGBEf7MxWVA3hfzVc3XIsMpEa0&#8243;]22 traders were arrested two months ago for their involvement in the adulteration of palm oil in markets across Accra.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Palm oil samples picked from various markets in Accra according to FDA contained highly dangerous textile dye which causes cancer.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to the FDA some of the samples also contained \u2018sudee\u2019 dye, which is not listed among the colors in food production, and prohibited under Ghana\u2019s Public Health Safety laws.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Speaking to <strong>Citi Business News<\/strong> on the matter, the spokesperson for the FDA, James Lartey said, the authority is still recording cases of adulterated palm oil.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWe still pick samples from the market for testing and we have noticed that some are failing and some are passing those who were arrested, I spoke to the police and they are being processed to court. They had to visit some production sites and conduct further tests and analysis; they just finished the processes,\u201d James Lartey stated.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By: Vivian Kai Lokko\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Police will this week put before court a number of traders who were recently arrested in connection with large quantities of adulterated palm oil confiscated by the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA). [contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;rxuamaQGBEf7MxWVA3hfzVc3XIsMpEa0&#8243;]22 traders were arrested two months ago for their involvement in the adulteration of palm oil in markets across Accra. 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