The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has issued a stern warning to the public, urging caution when purchasing palm oil due to ongoing concerns about adulteration.
This alert is part of the FDA’s continuous efforts to combat the presence of harmful substances, particularly the dangerous ‘Sudan Four’ dye, which has been found in certain palm oil products on the market.
The ‘Sudan Four’ dye, an industrial chemical banned from food products because of its cancer-causing properties, poses a significant health risk to consumers.
Roderick Daddey-Adjei, the Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the FDA, expressed serious concern about the persistence of this issue, despite the Authority’s stringent enforcement measures.
“We are still not happy about that small percentage that is there, which means that people who perpetrated the activity are still lurking in the dark,” Daddey-Adjei said. “And we also want to let those who think that they can come back and keep on doing this, that their days are numbered. Because already with this one that we even did, we did some arrests, we have handed them over to the police.”
While acknowledging the progress made in reducing the incidence of adulterated palm oil, he stressed that even a minimal level of contamination is unacceptable.
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