The Food and Drugs Authority has arrested two women suspected to be involved in artificially colouring oranges to boost sales.
The FDA says the police conducted a swoop at the Madina market last Tuesday after photos and a video went viral on social media.
In the video, a woman is seen with two big bowls - one a colouring solution and the other full of ripe oranges. She dipped the oranges in the solution and waits for some minutes for the fruit to turn deep yellow. It is believed the colour makes the fruit eye-pleasing enough to attract customers.
But FDA says the colouring is "suspicious" and condemned the practice. The officials have therefore arrested the women for questioning and possible prosecution.
The FDA faces a huge task of regulating Ghana's food and drugs market. Only last April, the Authority seized over a metric ton of expired goods ahead of the Easter celebrations.
The seized items included antibiotics and analgesics, baby foods such as Aptamil, cerelac, biscuits, energy drinks, lucozade, margarines, dairy products, sanitary pads and many others from pharmacy shops, supermarkets, and filling station marts and from the markets few days to the Easter Holidays.
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Source: JFM/Ghana
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Ghanaians. We are worse than the word lawless.
Really?? so because the woman is poor she should kill the rest of us right? It doesnt matter who is poor and who is rich if it is bad it is bad. period! Do u Mr Ttb have an idea what solution the woman is dipping the oranges into as to whether is food colour or something else? Must we colour common orange before we eat it? Abha! FDA works trouble, if they dont trouble what do you want them to do?
Dis is all FDA can do.is the colour poisonous or just a food colour. We drink and eat all sorts of foodstuffs which ar dangerously coloured. Where were de FDAs. It's bcoz orange seller is poor ND there u want to show them ur krakye powers. Shame! Go to the major food processing companies and arrest them bcos they do worst things. Moma y3n nnwen y3nho