GENERAL
3 cold stores closed down for selling unwholesome meat in Ashanti Region
A task force in the Kumasi metropolis of the Ashanti Region has closed down three cold stores at the Asafo market for selling frozen meat suspected to be unwholesome to the public.
The taskforce, which included officials from the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA), Environmental Health Officers and Veterinary Officers, locked up the shops on Wednesday, 26 August 2020, following intelligence they received
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Speaking to Kumasi FM’s Elisha Adarkwah, the officer in charge of the Food and Hygiene Department at the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA), Alhaji Adam Sumaila, noted that the exercise was carried out after reports were received from some persons.
He indicated that upon arrival at the market, he purchased frozen meat that would normally have cost between GHS120 and GHS 150, for just GHS60, which got him suspicious.
Alhaji Sumaila said: “Since last week, I had calls from Asiwa that people over there come here to buy unwholesome chicken, and they’ve arrested them”.
“Apparently, they called; I was trying to investigate to know where they bought the goods, but it looked like the information was very scanty. This morning, we came very early, and we had three stores. I bought one of the fish.
