FDA’s alert on palm oil is sweeping and panicky

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• Blimey 10 years ago

  Why didn't you VERIFY from the FDA, and rely solely on an "Online publication"?
  
  Where is GNA or GBC?
  
  You believe all the "online rehashed HOAXES?

  Why didn't you VERIFY from the FDA, and rely solely on an "Online publication"?
  
  Where is GNA or GBC?
  
  You believe all the "online rehashed HOAXES?

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• BlackC 10 years ago

  I was watching Joynews and caught this warning about the palm oil.
  
  What I do agree about this article is the point that this advisory should have included the trusted companies and brands while these poisonous ones are tak ...
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  I was watching Joynews and caught this warning about the palm oil.
  
  What I do agree about this article is the point that this advisory should have included the trusted companies and brands while these poisonous ones are taken from the market.

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• Osu Klottey 10 years ago

  The root cause start from the farmers,by harvesting not properly ripe palm nuts,so the processed palm oil colour does not look attractive,thereby consumers were not satisfied with the colour of the unripe nuts palm oil,and th ...
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  The root cause start from the farmers,by harvesting not properly ripe palm nuts,so the processed palm oil colour does not look attractive,thereby consumers were not satisfied with the colour of the unripe nuts palm oil,and they constantly ask for a ripe palm nut palm oil,which is pure red palm oil,the yellowish palm oil is not attractive,so the suppliers has to talk to the producers to use the ripped palm nuts ,to produce the oil,to avoid the suppliers adding chemicals to gain the colour the customers want,,,,the suppliers are the offenders

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• Comment 250 10 years ago

  IS there anything like that? What standards are all producers expected to meet before release of product to market?
  What is the role of parliament in this?
  
  Where is the standard for all products and who approves their rel ...
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  IS there anything like that? What standards are all producers expected to meet before release of product to market?
  What is the role of parliament in this?
  
  Where is the standard for all products and who approves their release?
  
  Let's us be mature enough and ensure these are done.

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• Mr Bond 10 years ago

  The evil president is behind palm oil saga and his diabolic plan to destroy the remaining industry that is given our collapse economy a boost.It is shocking as to why FDA always attacking local businesses and products.Is this ...
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  The evil president is behind palm oil saga and his diabolic plan to destroy the remaining industry that is given our collapse economy a boost.It is shocking as to why FDA always attacking local businesses and products.Is this the government Ghanaians want?Those educated fools always jump into conclusion with asking questions or accountability.This is not the first time FDA attacking businesses and products.president Mahama should be blame for all this FDA nonsense.

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• Says Who 10 years ago

  However the FDA conducted its tests, the fact still remains: there is a clear and present danger to public health, posed by the presence on the market of adulterated palm oil.
  
  As a result, wholesome or not it is right to ...
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  However the FDA conducted its tests, the fact still remains: there is a clear and present danger to public health, posed by the presence on the market of adulterated palm oil.
  
  As a result, wholesome or not it is right to consider it unsafe for consumption. I do not know the full text of the FDA warning, howver in this context it will even be unwise to ask the public to buy from reputable vendors. Because who will be considered a reputable vendor?
  
  The palm oil trade has been infiterated by people who want to kill people just to make money. There is no ifs and there is no buts. This is not akin to the use of the malaria drug as you said because not consuming palmoil while these criminal are routed will rather save your life. Besides there are a whole lot of wholesome alternatives which are produced locally. Unless of course these killers have got there too.
  
  Let the FDA do its job. It is very difficult on a normal day to do a proper job. Under the current circumstances they are doing a very good public service.
  
  Your point about certain organisations trying to destroy the palm oil market is not valid in this respect even if it is true.
  
  So for the moment please step aside and let the FDA do its work. Your advice is based on a gamble and you cannot gamble with peoples lives.

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• BlackW 10 years ago

  It is Dark-Red Palm Oil from God to Africans, especially West Africans. It had been eaten and used by Africans for Millions of years with no one poisoning it with anything. This Dark-Red Oil rather is used in different ways ...
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  It is Dark-Red Palm Oil from God to Africans, especially West Africans. It had been eaten and used by Africans for Millions of years with no one poisoning it with anything. This Dark-Red Oil rather is used in different ways by our Ancestors to remove Poison from the body.
  Now for today's science people to change it to produce Orange palm oil and call it red palm oil is a big problem in itself. And so all the chain of lies and manipulations follow.
  God does not Like Lies.
  Agriculture orange palm oil is from man-made "high-yield" palm.
  Dark-Red Palm Oil is the safe way to go, it is the money-making way to go as Ancestors did.

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• Abowd Kramer 10 years ago

  If the FDA was doing its job, it would not have had to receive the warning from a foreign agency before taking action. There is an apathetic laziness in the ranks of these "government" employees. Ghanaians are lazy anyway, so ...
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  If the FDA was doing its job, it would not have had to receive the warning from a foreign agency before taking action. There is an apathetic laziness in the ranks of these "government" employees. Ghanaians are lazy anyway, so not surprise there. The sense of entitlement is baffling. Makes you wonder how many such adulterated products have slipped through in the past and ended up in your gut.

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