FDA discovers expired food products at Zuarungu SHS storeroom

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has seized expired food items discovered within the premises of Zuarungu Senior High School (SHS) in the Upper East region, according to a citinewsroom.com report.

A routine inspection led to the confiscation of various expired food products from the school's storerooms.

According to the report, during an unannounced visit to the campus in the Bolgatanga East District, FDA officials uncovered several expired food items in the school's inventory.

Among the confiscated items were multiple brands of products, including mackerel, wheat flour, evaporated filled milk, tomato paste, and tomato sauce.

Speaking to Citi News, Sebastian Mawuli Hotor, the FDA’s Upper East Regional Director, emphasized the importance of maintaining food safety standards within educational institutions.

He urged school administrators to prioritize adherence to standards to ensure the well-being of students.

“We went to Zuarungu SHS as one of the routine school kitchen inspections that we conduct. In one of their storerooms, we found about five different brands of products which were expired, and one of them was unregistered as well,” he is quoted to have said.

He continued “We got some from neighbouring schools as well as from Buffer stock.

“...the products were the Free SHS mackerel, the Royal Gold hard wheat flour, Pavani evaporated filled milk, Paka Tomato paste, and Queen [pilchards] in tomato sauce.

“These were the products that we found that were expired. These were products that were supplied to the school for feeding the children.

“As part of our mandate, we confiscated them and have taken them for safe disposal and it is something we will repeat from time to time just to ensure that food safety guidelines are adhered to in all food establishments including food kitchens,” he added.

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