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Orange Sellers Association Denies Artificial Colouring Accusation

The Orange Sellers Association of Ghana (OSAG) has debunked allegations that its members are involved in the artificial...

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Namoale Hit Out At FDA Over Laxity In Prosecuting Fake Food and Drug Dealers

Former Food and Agric minister, Nii Amansah Namoale, has hit out at the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) over its seeming...

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FDA Must Do All It Can To Keep Us Safe!

IN our editorial comment on Tuesday, June 20, 2017 we commended the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) for their...

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We Found No ‘plastic Rice’ In Ghana

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA), has rubbished claims that there is a so-called plastic rice on the Ghanaian market...

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How the FDA Solved Puzzling Adulterated Rice Mystery

Social media has been awash with various reports accompanied with images, indicating the circulation of plastic rice on...

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FDA Introduces Online Reporting System

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has introduced an online reporting system called Safety Watch System (SWS), to...

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We Found No Plastic Rice In Ghana

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA), has rubbished claims that there is a supposed plastic rice on the Ghanaian market,...

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There Is No Plastic Rice On the Ghanaian Market – FDA Asserts

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has categorically denied rumours that there is plastic rice on the Ghanaian market....

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Good Job FDA, But…

JUST last week there was a report of an arrest of two women suspected to be involved in artificially colouring oranges....

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FDA Arrests Women For Selling Coloured Oranges

Following a video which went viral last Wednesday, the Food and Drugs Authority yesterday arrested two women suspected...

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Health Experts Declare Extra Measures Against Abuse of Tobacco

Health experts and stakeholder organizations have declared a seven-point of action to be taken by government on tobacco...

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Soldier, Woman Die From Drinking ‘Mahogany Bitters’

Two persons — a woman and a soldier — have died after allegedly consuming an alcoholic drink popularly called...

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One-District; One-Export Product Launched In Koforidua

The Ghana Exports Promotion Authority (GEPA), has launched what it calls the One-District, One-Export-Product at...

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FDA To Commence Food Safety Enforcement Exercise

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) would commence a food safety enforcement exercise and food vendors who do not comply...

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UNIDO Commissions Ultra-Modern Soil & Fertilizer Testing Lab In Ghana

The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) with support from the Switzerland government through the...

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Ministry of Health Outdoors Legislative Instrument On Tobacco Control

A legislative Instrument (LI) to control the use of Tobacco in Ghana, has been launched by the Ministry of Health and...

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FDA Officers Schooled On Tobacco Control Regulation 2016 L.I.2247

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA), has organised a day’s training workshop in Accra for its regional officers and...

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FDA Working To Discourage Growers Use of Polluted Irrigation Sources

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) says it is working with the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) to discourage...

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Fetish Priestess Arrested For Operating Brothel

A fetish priestess has been arrested for allegedly operating a brothel at Barekese in the Atwima-Nwabiagya District of...