Bono FDA seizes 57,000 pieces of unregistered baby diapers at major markets
The Bono Regional Office of the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has seized over 57,000 pieces of unregistered baby diapers in an exercise conducted at some major markets in the region.
On a recent three-day operation, the Bono Regional Office of the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) seized more than 57,000 unregistered baby diapers from major markets in the region. The enforcement action took place in Sunyani, Berekum, and Dormaa Municipalities, with a regulatory officer at the FDA, Charles Opoku Gyamfi, reporting that the diapers were gathered from five shops and stored in bales.
In an interview with the Ghana News Agency (GNA), Gyamfi explained that the exercise was a market surveillance and public health safety initiative. The goal was to ensure that unregistered, expired, fake, and unwholesome cosmetic products and consumables were not sold in local Ghanaian markets. A team of 10 FDA enforcement officers, supported by the police, carried out the operation.
Madam Akua Amponsaa Owusu, the Bono Regional Head of the FDA, warned that unregistered products sold in markets pose a threat to public health safety and cautioned that the Authority cannot guarantee the safety and health of such diapers. She highlighted the public's preference for cheaper unregistered baby diapers, urging consumers to check FDA registration numbers and label information before purchasing baby diapers and packaged products.
The FDA urged retailers and shop owners with unregistered baby diapers and unwholesome products to come forward, warning that offenders would face prosecution.
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