'Formalin koobi': Arrest perpetrators – Doctor

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• Law of Kama 8 years ago

  for the love of money we kill ourselves aden kraaaa

  for the love of money we kill ourselves aden kraaaa

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• Phasmida 8 years ago

  Sometimes it's plain simple ignorance. Free SHS will help immensely

  Sometimes it's plain simple ignorance. Free SHS will help immensely

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• MATHS 8 years ago

  By the time free SHS takes place you will have been done in. and mind you free SHS will have its own woes.

  By the time free SHS takes place you will have been done in. and mind you free SHS will have its own woes.

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• ******** 8 years ago

  Yep! Education is the key. Therefore if it is beyond the masses due to their inability to afford it then we are doomed as a nation.

  Yep! Education is the key. Therefore if it is beyond the masses due to their inability to afford it then we are doomed as a nation.

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• $aint Ghfuo: Black Excellence !!! 8 years ago

  Folarin koobi must simply be banned and made illegal to sell. Marketplace indulging in the sale of.Folarin koobi must given a substitute preserving ingredient by the food and drug board. Task food and drug board taskforce/pol ...
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  Folarin koobi must simply be banned and made illegal to sell. Marketplace indulging in the sale of.Folarin koobi must given a substitute preserving ingredient by the food and drug board. Task food and drug board taskforce/police.to investigate and confiscate all poisonous koobi and destroy it. If this continues, arrest the traders and jail them. This action is immoral and will cause undue health problems for the healthcare industry in the country. It will also cause more sickness to Ghanaians and will affect gdp

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• Nii Akwei 8 years ago

  Better than what Prof Frimpong-Boateng said. Telling people to "Stop" is not going to help matters. We need action oriented people in Ghana to lead.

  Better than what Prof Frimpong-Boateng said. Telling people to "Stop" is not going to help matters. We need action oriented people in Ghana to lead.

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• Yaa 8 years ago

  Very true I ate koobi sometime ago I felt ill.and was rush to the hospital. The second time l took it l pulled out everything. So I was wondering. Before the news ,it is very true the wicked once are to be penalized

  Very true I ate koobi sometime ago I felt ill.and was rush to the hospital. The second time l took it l pulled out everything. So I was wondering. Before the news ,it is very true the wicked once are to be penalized

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• Papa Dey 8 years ago

  How did they get them?Are they sold in public?Do our food inspectors inspect the products before they come out for consumption?

  How did they get them?Are they sold in public?Do our food inspectors inspect the products before they come out for consumption?

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• MATHS 8 years ago

  the last time I bought formalin, when my nephew died in Russia and was brought home, I could easily purchase the chemical even though everything was then in short supply in Ghana. so what Government or whoever is in charge ca ...
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  the last time I bought formalin, when my nephew died in Russia and was brought home, I could easily purchase the chemical even though everything was then in short supply in Ghana. so what Government or whoever is in charge can do is to restrict the availability of the chemical. It could then be sold only in those designated drug stores where people with dead bodies can go and buy.

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• Stephen Donkor, New York. 8 years ago

  I think one of the leading cause of premature deaths in Ghana is food poisoning. The ministry of health and the NCCE should as a matter of urgency set up a commission to sturdy and analyze a new way of improving the civic edu ...
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  I think one of the leading cause of premature deaths in Ghana is food poisoning. The ministry of health and the NCCE should as a matter of urgency set up a commission to sturdy and analyze a new way of improving the civic education to curb the menace. In the era of social media, there should be more emphasis on the use of social media to help educate the public and the food vendors the risks involved by adding chemical substances and additives to foodstuffs in their quest to maximize their profits. The FDB should also increase their Human Resources on the field inspections to go round and inspect every food stuff and meat products that has the potential of attracting additives for storage or to increase its quantity. The FDB has placed too much emphasis on the pharmaceutical sector and neglected the area of the locally produced food completely.

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• $aint Ghfuo: Black Excellence !!! 8 years ago

  Ordinary citizens shouldn't be able to buy formalities. It should only be available to.doctors in hospital and in the mortuary

  Ordinary citizens shouldn't be able to buy formalities. It should only be available to.doctors in hospital and in the mortuary

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• P. OTU 8 years ago

  How would these traders get that chemical called formalin? Hmmm, is it that easy to get on the market? Have my doubts anyway

  How would these traders get that chemical called formalin? Hmmm, is it that easy to get on the market? Have my doubts anyway

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• vice 8 years ago

  Very easy to get. I was told by a mortician that people even use it to make the liquid soaps we see on market

  Very easy to get. I was told by a mortician that people even use it to make the liquid soaps we see on market

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• Abeiku 8 years ago

  Really?Eeii ene3 Awurade begye steer no,na asem be ba da bi.

  Really?Eeii ene3 Awurade begye steer no,na asem be ba da bi.

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• ezeco sam 8 years ago

  The government need to be more vigilant on how these chemical get to the market, they should try as Much as possible to educate the publics. Their major duty is to protect lives and properties.

  The government need to be more vigilant on how these chemical get to the market, they should try as Much as possible to educate the publics. Their major duty is to protect lives and properties.

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• AGBESI KWESI 8 years ago

  This is what happens when people want to stick to barbaric cultures and traditions at all cost. How did Koobi come about. Our elders of old wanted to preserve these commodities for a long time, that is why they resorted to th ...
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  This is what happens when people want to stick to barbaric cultures and traditions at all cost. How did Koobi come about. Our elders of old wanted to preserve these commodities for a long time, that is why they resorted to the use of salt to preserve fish. I get irritated when I meet Ghanaians, especially the useless academicians, who fall head over heels to taste soups which have the repulsive odour of Koobi. Some also want to have the salty taste of this rotten fish at the peril of their kidneys. I am using the word rotten because Koobi is not the choicest of fish the fisherman brings to the market. In fact most fishermen who bring koobi to market don't even eat it in their homes. Koobi is gotten from tilapias that have died and are almost getting rotten in water. Some of them die due to the inability of the fishermen to go an inspect their traps in time. Some also die due to natural enemies like electric fish. These are the rotten fish fishermen salt and bring to the market as koobi. Why should Ghanaians risk their health because of this rotten fish.

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• Consgo 8 years ago

  Hmm l can now see wisdom talking

  Hmm l can now see wisdom talking

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• ******** 8 years ago

  Thevpurpose is to conserve the fish. It is therefore npt out of order to eat something that has been preserved legally. It becomes a problem only when people resort to criminal methods to maximise their profit. I do not ther ...
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  Thevpurpose is to conserve the fish. It is therefore npt out of order to eat something that has been preserved legally. It becomes a problem only when people resort to criminal methods to maximise their profit. I do not therefore agree that ot is babaric to eat something that is traditionally avvepted and has not goven us any cause for alarm until criminal elemen5s started abusing the system. BTW me Agbesi, your argument that Akans are short because they eat fufu cannot hold water. It is worth mentioning that carbohydrate digestion STARTS in the mouth but does not necessarily end there.

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• AGBESI KWESI 8 years ago

  We are talking about Koobi here but since you have brought the fufu issue I will dwell on it a bit.
  FUFU
  Look about 90% of the digestion of starch/carbohydrates takes place in the mouth. That is where specialised body parts ...
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  We are talking about Koobi here but since you have brought the fufu issue I will dwell on it a bit.
  FUFU
  Look about 90% of the digestion of starch/carbohydrates takes place in the mouth. That is where specialised body parts like the teeth, tongue, and the salivary glands are employed to do the job. This is the only place where the surface area of the fufu can be enlarged for effective biochemical reaction. Mind you, the surface area of the food can be enlarged when it is broken down into bits and pieces. What ever happens elsewhere in the alimentary canal is not as effective as what takes place in the mouth. For instance, if you chew the food, absorbtion of the sugar produced starts from the oesophagus, then in the stomach and the process continues and by the time the food gets elsewhere majority of the sugar is absorbed. If one swallows and sugar is formed elsewhere apart from the mouth, the absortion of sugar may not be effective and this explains why most faeces get fermented in the intestine.
  KOOBI SCIENCE
  Do you know why the so called proper koobi attracts flies. It is because because the fish is rotten. Remember the human body is not designed to feast on rotten food. If you know the biochemistry involved in rottening and its harmful effect on the body you wouldn't touch koobi, even, with a long stick. Do you know why it is advised that cooked food should not be kept in the refrigerator for more than four days yet this is a common mistake committed by most Ghanaians, especially university students and educated elites. I guess your eyes are now opening to see certain things now. A word to the wise is on GhanaWeb. Thanks.

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• Kwaku Tafari 8 years ago

  FDB should run after those perpetrators and get them arrested. Throw them into jail for life so the others can be deterred from continuing this evilous act. Hw on earth can black ppl be this wicked? Why, oooh God have some of ...
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  FDB should run after those perpetrators and get them arrested. Throw them into jail for life so the others can be deterred from continuing this evilous act. Hw on earth can black ppl be this wicked? Why, oooh God have some of our race decided to live like animals like that? Can't we treat ourselves good for once ? Thunder strike all ppl reaponsible to death b4 they kill all of us. Ppl are fighting very hard to save this race from demonic acts like this from the west (white ppl) and you are here doing what is being fought? Do u ve conscience at all? Do u have God at heart? Do u have love for urselves ? Can smbdy gv me an ans pls?

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• $aint Ghfuo: Black Excellence !!! 8 years ago

  U have done worse shut up and eat ur embalming fluid koobi and be happy...muahahahahaaaaaaa

  U have done worse shut up and eat ur embalming fluid koobi and be happy...muahahahahaaaaaaa

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• Adukai Quaye 8 years ago

  Telling traders not to use it won't help matters. The substance should be locked up, entrusted to appropriate officer and should be well documented as when issuing out, for what purpose, signature of the issuing officer and ...
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  Telling traders not to use it won't help matters. The substance should be locked up, entrusted to appropriate officer and should be well documented as when issuing out, for what purpose, signature of the issuing officer and the receiving officer. We can do this if we love our country and the citizens if not money.

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