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The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has warned the public to carefully examine products sold at ridiculously low prices before purchasing them.
Buyers should check expiration dates and quality standards so as not to compromise their health and safety.
Mr John Odai-Tettey, the Authority’s central regional director, gave the advice in an interview with Ghana’s news agency in Cape Coast, said it was not enough to just check expiration dates some products.
“The storage conditions of products, packaging among others, must all be checked before purchasing,” he added.
Consumers have also been encouraged to stay away from products exposed to direct sunlight, particularly oils and preserves, and to report any unregistered and suspected counterfeit product to the Authority.
Mr. Odai-Tettey told vendors to keep their products at the required temperature, observe proper storage systems, and voluntarily hand over expired products to the Authority for safe disposal.
Catering service providers were also encouraged to apply for a food hygiene permit from the Authority and to observe good hygiene, storage and distribution practices.
He announced that the Authority had activated a system that would help collect unused drugs for disposal and effectively discourage self-medication.
“The decision dubbed” Unwanted Drugs Take-Back Project “aims to recover all” illicitly disposed of drugs that persist in the environment and break down into harmful chemicals that contaminate the environment. ” Consumers should bring all unused medicines to the Authority or to selected pharmacies for their safe disposal, ”said Mr. Odai-Tettey.
He cautioned against buying drugs, especially in uncertified places, shops, stores, drug vendors, urging the public to buy from licensed pharmacies or dispensaries instead.
“We encourage everyone not to buy drugs from bus stations, vehicles, market traders and drug vendors,” and added that their surveillance team was going around to attack those people.
“Taking drugs without a recommendation from health personnel could pose serious threats to the human body, especially when not taken for their intended purpose,” he said.
The regional director of the FDA said people who broke the law risked losing all of their products or facing a minimum fine of GH ¢ 25,000 or imprisonment, he warned.
Mr Odai-Tettey, thanked Authority staff for their hard work and dedication during the year despite the challenges that the new Covid-19 pandemic has unleashed around the world and prayed for better 2021.
Previously, the Authority’s Central Regional Office held a nine lesson and Christmas carol festival to commemorate the birth of Jesus Christ with melodious carols from the Blessed Choir of the regional FDA.
— GNA
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