{"id":277244,"date":"2016-12-16T15:00:34","date_gmt":"2016-12-16T15:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=277244"},"modified":"2016-12-16T15:00:34","modified_gmt":"2016-12-16T15:00:34","slug":"ignore-reports-of-plastic-rice-on-market-fda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/12\/ignore-reports-of-plastic-rice-on-market-fda\/","title":{"rendered":"Ignore reports of ‘plastic rice’ on market – FDA"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA), has downplayed reports of the influx of some fake rice purported to be \u2018plastic rice\u2019 on the Ghanaian market.<\/p>\n
A video of the supposed plastic rice was circulating on social media platforms cautioning people against the purchase of that particular brand of rice.<\/p>\n
But speaking to Citi News<\/strong>, the Public Relations Officer of the FDA, James Lartey, indicated that the authority’s investigations across the country have shown no trace of such \u2018plastic rice’ on the market.<\/p>\n “We went around checking and investigating and up till now, in any sample of the said rice, we are not seeing that the thing is on the market.\u201d<\/p>\n Mr. Lartey suggested the possibility\u00a0of the allegations emanating\u00a0from the competitors in the rice retail market, but urged the public to report to the FDA if they indeed come across it.<\/p>\n “We are just appealing to the public, if you have a sample or you have seen somebody selling it, just get a sample, bring it to us or call us and tell us where the product is. We will move immediately and deal with it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: Delali Adogla-Bessa\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA), has downplayed reports of the influx of some fake rice purported to be \u2018plastic rice\u2019 on the Ghanaian market. A video of the supposed plastic rice was circulating on social media platforms cautioning people against the purchase of that particular brand of rice. But speaking to Citi News, the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[1404,3,8471],"yoast_head":"\n