FDA seizes 'cancer-causing palm oil'

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WHITEBLOOD 10 years ago

We need more education on such situations. Is happening right from our villages to the cities relating to different items I believe.

We need more education on such situations. Is happening right from our villages to the cities relating to different items I believe.
Kofi, USA 10 years ago

CAN AFOKO DO FOKO?

I want someone to prove me wrong: that the NPP is being pursued by demons, and those ruthless "gbeshie" spirits are led by Belzibub himself, and they come in camboo shoes so leaders and members of the p ...
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CAN AFOKO DO FOKO?

I want someone to prove me wrong: that the NPP is being pursued by demons, and those ruthless "gbeshie" spirits are led by Belzibub himself, and they come in camboo shoes so leaders and members of the party do not perceive ominous signals.
Somebody should tell me that I'm lying!

Hehehehe, as soon as I saw "rise" in Nana Akufo-Addo's tour theme, I knew it was going to be followed by a "fall". The other day, a friend of mine was referring to Nana's "Rise and Build" tour as R&B (Rice and Beans) tour. I love the malapropism here, and this reminds me of the late Ghanaian actress, Araba Stamp who was popular for his malapropism, "fried rice and kitchen."

Please wait a minute: Agyeeeeei, I saw some interesting scriptures today. Proverbs 20:30 "Blows and wounds scrub away evil, and beatings purge the inmost being." Proverbs 18:6 "The lips of fools bring them strife, and their mouths invite a beating."
Oops! Who just wrote on my screen, LMVCA? I have told you people I don't want trouble oo. Please desist from putting words in my mouth. I never mentioned any name please!

And it happened that Nana's Rice and Bea... eiii, sorry, Rise and Build tour has ended up in a Rise and Fall tour. Why am I saying this? The NPP's woes have deepened after his tour. Chairman Paul Afoko has been suspended indefinitely by the National Executive Committee of the party. There was a display of all-die-be-die antics during the meeting, and the party’s private security, the Invisible Forces burnt a motorbike and destroyed the windscreen of a taxi cab.

Many party activists are angry as a result. An NPP "militant" group Bolgatanga Bull Dogs (BBD) in a press release has threatened to scuttle the electoral fortunes of the NPP in 2016 because of the suspension of their National Chairman.

What even makes the issue more serious is that some party Stalwarts have started baring their teeth, and Andrew Awuni, a former Press Secretary to former President Kufour is one of them. He spoke on Neat FM some hours after the suspension. Hear him:

"Between the last two elections, an amount of over 100 million dollars has been disbursed into the party's coffers.Where did all this money go? Adakabre, what is going on is all about the control of the party's finances and useless worshipping of a human being. Recently, 3 million Ghana Cedis was released to the party. Kwabena gave each constituency an amount of GHC10,000. This flared up emotions because the money was not released to the executives to spend lavishly. Subsequently another 45 million Ghana Cedis was released which landed on the laps of Abankwa, then the battle began. So aren't they seeing what Mahama is doing? Making the NDC so attractive today!" Tankweeew, Mr. Awuni, I'm glad you have also seen the magic of the young man from Bole.

That notwithstanding, the near octogenarian flagbearer of the NPP, Nana Akufo-Addo seems to be saying Tweeaa to those livid activists by endorsing the suspension. He confirmed in a statement: "I have been apprised of the decision taken by the National Council of our great party to suspend Mr. Paul Afoko.

Having satisfied myself that due process was rigorously followed in arriving at this decision, I welcome and fully endorse it."

But more worrying is the beleaguered chairman's statement that he is still at post.

In a show of defiance, Mr. Paul Afoko, in a press statement said that his purported suspension is unconstitutional, and therefore, the decision taken by the NEC is null and void; so, he is still the National Chairman. The question many are asking is that can Afoko do foko? My answer is that time will tell. Let the music in the camp of the Elephant Family keep playing on. Kikikikikiki, enjoy Lionel Richie's "All night long."

Well, my friends, the time has come
To raise the roof and have some fun
Throw away the work to be done
Let the music play on
(Play on, play on)

Everbody sing, everybody dance
Lose yourself in wild romance
We're going to party
Karamu, fiesta, forever
Come on and sing along!
We're going to party
Karamu, fiesta, forever
Come on and sing along!
We're going to party
Karamu, fiesta, forever
Come on and sing along!

All night long! (all night)
All night long! (all night)
All night long! (all night)

Anthony Obeng Afrane
OLD SOLDIER 10 years ago

Author:-oppong London...

Ndc fools again,there is always somebody to be blamed,useless people of ghana who vote for evil ndc party. murderer Rawlings burnt his own house of intention to get a new one,check how many proper ...
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Author:-oppong London...

Ndc fools again,there is always somebody to be blamed,useless people of ghana who vote for evil ndc party. murderer Rawlings burnt his own house of intention to get a new one,check how many properties ndc has destroyed since coming to power from 2009.check how much they have duped from 2009,God will punish john mahama one day.
All Die Be Die 10 years ago

Ghanaians are just wicked, selfish, greedy and inconsiderate. I'm done with this palm oil stuff. I always suspect their colors on Ghanaian store shelves in the USA. The colors look too bright for me; they will rot on the shel ...
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Ghanaians are just wicked, selfish, greedy and inconsiderate. I'm done with this palm oil stuff. I always suspect their colors on Ghanaian store shelves in the USA. The colors look too bright for me; they will rot on the shelves.
CORNEY 10 years ago

They are too wicked when it comes to money,as for me I hadly buy their palm oil,I bought some before when I first went to Virginia because I could not carry the one we brought from Ghana with me and after buying that small o ...
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They are too wicked when it comes to money,as for me I hadly buy their palm oil,I bought some before when I first went to Virginia because I could not carry the one we brought from Ghana with me and after buying that small one I stopped.
Any palm oil mixed with chemicals is not palm oil,palm oil should be prepared without chemicals.
I go to Ghana every year sometimes twice a year and I buy my oil from the locals not from Makola Market,but don't get me wrong,there are genuine ones among them,the good ones are more than the bad ones.
Nana Nketiah 10 years ago

Disgusting!
But why must we ALWAYS be "WISE"? And we believe we are being wise when we do these things.
My polite comment is just
TOO MUCH WISDOM IS BAD

Disgusting!
But why must we ALWAYS be "WISE"? And we believe we are being wise when we do these things.
My polite comment is just
TOO MUCH WISDOM IS BAD
Concerned Citizen 10 years ago

Why does it have to take a council from the United Kingdom thousands of miles away to alert us here of these dangers going on here. What are our authorities and health inspectors doing? These dyes are being used openly in so ...
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Why does it have to take a council from the United Kingdom thousands of miles away to alert us here of these dangers going on here. What are our authorities and health inspectors doing? These dyes are being used openly in so many foods including fried yam and Ghanaians are being destroyed by ignorance while the authorities turn a blind eye.
LONTO-BOY 10 years ago

Some individual Ghanaians in the food and drugs businesses put our lives at risk all because of sheer greed, and obviously, corruption and Government's inaction.

Some individual Ghanaians in the food and drugs businesses put our lives at risk all because of sheer greed, and obviously, corruption and Government's inaction.
Efo Odenkey 10 years ago

I salute the FDA monitoring team for a good work done. My prayer is that these wicked traders don't use money to buy their way out.

I salute the FDA monitoring team for a good work done. My prayer is that these wicked traders don't use money to buy their way out.
Akos 10 years ago

Concerned citizen, you're absolutely right! You'll think that the FDA are monitoring & testing all palm oil before being sold to the public. Who knows how many people suffering from cancer because of the this deadly addictive ...
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Concerned citizen, you're absolutely right! You'll think that the FDA are monitoring & testing all palm oil before being sold to the public. Who knows how many people suffering from cancer because of the this deadly addictive.

Shabi 10 years ago

My friend, it is the warped minds of people like you that perpetuates backwardness in Africa.

You should be ashamed of yourself for immediately jumping to the defence and rescue of these evil criminals who should be duly ...
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My friend, it is the warped minds of people like you that perpetuates backwardness in Africa.

You should be ashamed of yourself for immediately jumping to the defence and rescue of these evil criminals who should be duly shot and dispatched to the other world for doubtlessly killing many 'unknown' fellow-countrymen and women in their reckless quest to make money at the expense of the health and life of others. How can any sane Godly person defend this?

We all know what palm oil is and how palm oil has been produced from time immemorial by our ancestors. Why did these criminals 'sex up' the palm oil with chemicals whose properties they did not know?

There can be no excuse for these evil creatures who without doubt, have caused immeasurable human suffering to many innocent people who have died in their simple quest to just eat a decent meal cooked with palm oil.

As for the FDA I do not have any respect for them. It seems that they are more interested in maintaining their privileged positions than caring about the health of citizens. The fact that they were alerted by another country thousands of miles away clearly shows that they are not up to their game. In fact I do not blame them and the incompetent govt that appointed them to run the FDA. Everywhere one looks, one sees serious problems threatening the health and living conditions of the citizens of Ghana. The country has effectively collapsed and we are only living by the grace of the Almighty.

I am not a scientist of any kind yet I have been complaining about the strange after-taste and feeling in my body after eating food that is cooked with palm oil, for several years. I did not know until now that this is what was happening to our palm oil which apparently has been the cause of my discomfort.

However, not only do I also know for a fact that industrial dye was being openly used to color roast pork, tomato paste and salted beef but also, formaldehyde – a chemical that is apparently used to preserve dead bodies, is also being used to preserve salted beef for sale to the general public. This is an open secret that is known by all who care to know, except the FDA, the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Health and the Govt of Ghana.

There can be no punishment that is too harsh for people like this as well as those who produce and knowingly sell fake drugs for the sick.

To make matters worse, our clueless and incompetent govt is also encouraging the importation and production of GMO foods into and in Ghana by foreign interests.

The situation has got so bad that food and what to eat has actually become a problem to the extent we do not know what is safe and healthy to eat anymore.

Is there any hope for us and our children??
Shabi 10 years ago

My sincere apologies to Akos, my comment is rather directed at the scum who refers to himself as Prof Calculus.

My sincere apologies to Akos, my comment is rather directed at the scum who refers to himself as Prof Calculus.
Prof Calculus. 10 years ago

I doubt if the sellers intentionally put Sudan III in their palm oil to adulterate it. They need to be educated as well as the general public to do away with the perception of quality of palm oil.

I doubt if the sellers intentionally put Sudan III in their palm oil to adulterate it. They need to be educated as well as the general public to do away with the perception of quality of palm oil.
Hazor 10 years ago

Folks lets us for once make use of our brains as a thinking human beings.Folks why are we passing judgement without any scrutiny

Folks lets us for once make use of our brains as a thinking human beings.Folks why are we passing judgement without any scrutiny
Shabi 10 years ago

Yes! Make use of your brains as a thinking human being by getting off your fat arse to go and make your own scrutiny if the evidence that has been presented in the article above is not sufficient or is too difficult for you t ...
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Yes! Make use of your brains as a thinking human being by getting off your fat arse to go and make your own scrutiny if the evidence that has been presented in the article above is not sufficient or is too difficult for you to read and understand.

Other than that, you are free to drink all the carcinogenic palm oil available as well as eat all other foods that have been adulterated with cancer-causing substances. At least that will ensure that we will permanently and happily get rid of idiots like you who seem to think that this is a light matter.
nana Addo 10 years ago

illiterate ghananians are the most useless entities on dis planet. negative people

illiterate ghananians are the most useless entities on dis planet. negative people
Sankofa. 10 years ago

All to NOTE. ATHERE IS ALSO A VERY BAD CHEMICALS (mecury I supposed) BEING MIXED WITH CASSAVE and put in forest and farms in the Ashanti region to trap Bush meat Akrantie for a hefty harvest and smoked and sold to the public. ...
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All to NOTE. ATHERE IS ALSO A VERY BAD CHEMICALS (mecury I supposed) BEING MIXED WITH CASSAVE and put in forest and farms in the Ashanti region to trap Bush meat Akrantie for a hefty harvest and smoked and sold to the public. Eeiii. What is going on people. Oman ghana. FDA intesify your investigation to stop this kind of abominable act of killing people. Its very. URGENT ACTION TO BE TAKEN E ITHOUT COMPROMISE.FDA.
Hazor 10 years ago

Folks let us for once use out brains and not just jump into judgement without asking questions from FDA.When and where did tower hamlets council of United Kingdom carried research to discover Sudan dye v has been use to add t ...
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Folks let us for once use out brains and not just jump into judgement without asking questions from FDA.When and where did tower hamlets council of United Kingdom carried research to discover Sudan dye v has been use to add to preserve its quality?Was FDA officials present when the research was carried out?Has FDA lay their own investigation and cut the company red handed of adding Sudan V to the oil palm during manufacturing.Have FDA got any information from distributors that oil companies are buying their chemicals on very large quantities and they suspect they are using it for something suspicious so they should conduct investigation.Folks of late FDA is vigorously after Ghanaian manufactures from plant medicine,alcohol to food are unwholesome for human consumption but imported product in the country that contain cancer agent and diabetes are safe to consume.Why FDA harassing local manufacturers?
kusasi 10 years ago

this research was done since two years ago and warning issued .l even warn my family about this contaminated palm oil issue

this research was done since two years ago and warning issued .l even warn my family about this contaminated palm oil issue
Rita 10 years ago

Thank God fot this revelation, what is FDB doing.abt this issue. They should watch out!

Thank God fot this revelation, what is FDB doing.abt this issue. They should watch out!

OMAÑNI 10 years ago

Sad,I guess I will be done using this dangerous Ghana made palm fruit products.

Sad,I guess I will be done using this dangerous Ghana made palm fruit products.
Dunaa 10 years ago

Ghanaians and their greed.

Ghanaians and their greed.
Tm homme 10 years ago

I told my friend this palm oil contains something long time ago my girlfriend always have chest pains whenever I prepare oleo stew yessoo thanks uk waaaa, Gp told her not to eat most stuffs from Africa oohhh Ghana big yawa ...
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I told my friend this palm oil contains something long time ago my girlfriend always have chest pains whenever I prepare oleo stew yessoo thanks uk waaaa, Gp told her not to eat most stuffs from Africa oohhh Ghana big yawa agboo and fuck sake them shitti so Called politricksters especially NDC
Plasma Kote 10 years ago

Ghana style, so they had the equipment to test for the Chemical Composition of the oil on the street.

Ghana style, so they had the equipment to test for the Chemical Composition of the oil on the street.
Plasma Kote 10 years ago

It is a a joke.

It is a a joke.
NPPigs 10 years ago

They will do everything to get "sika"!

They will do everything to get "sika"!
Manyanoha 10 years ago

Who allowed all these toxic food additives into our cultural foods. If you eat commercially processed foods the chances for you ingesting some synthetic toxins or some GM product is supersonically very high and the present g ...
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Who allowed all these toxic food additives into our cultural foods. If you eat commercially processed foods the chances for you ingesting some synthetic toxins or some GM product is supersonically very high and the present generation known for consuming junck food has no future!
AMARIYA 10 years ago

When I was in Ghana year ago, an electrician who knows about this diabolical misdeed told me that, Ghanaians who live abroad used chemical-adulterated palm oil. He told me never to buy pal oil abroad. This is very wicked. I ...
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When I was in Ghana year ago, an electrician who knows about this diabolical misdeed told me that, Ghanaians who live abroad used chemical-adulterated palm oil. He told me never to buy pal oil abroad. This is very wicked. I remember having eaten food prepared with palm oil ten years ago, I felt nauseating and even vomited afterward, I had made what I thoughtwas a delicious okro stew with bank.
A lot of traders in Ghana could be very greedy. Ghana(Gold Coast) was once the world leading producer or natural rubber, some of the tappers filled the dried latex with fufu to gain extra weight for money. It was not long and the obroni stopped buying wild natural rubber from us. The solution was to get some from South America and later establish rubber plantations.
Maajoa USA 10 years ago

As a contributor mentioned earlier on it's not just palm oil but some yams that are being imported into the US from Ghana leave much to be desired. Simply put they are very questionable. Last week I visited an international ...
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As a contributor mentioned earlier on it's not just palm oil but some yams that are being imported into the US from Ghana leave much to be desired. Simply put they are very questionable. Last week I visited an international grocery market and some of the Palm Oil caught my attention right away - no good. There is something very wrong. ONE NEEDS TO WAKE UP AND FIGHT AAGAINST THESE IRRESPONSIBLE AND DEADLY PRACTICES.
Yaw Asare 10 years ago

We are our own enemies. The desire to enrich ourselves overrides the adherance to standards that promotes healthy living. No wonder our vegetable have been banned in the EU market.

We are our own enemies. The desire to enrich ourselves overrides the adherance to standards that promotes healthy living. No wonder our vegetable have been banned in the EU market.

Kasapreko KWABENA . 10 years ago

JAIL THEM ! THEY ARE MURDERERS. This act should be viewed as a very serious crime against society and humanity. They should be given hefty jail terms to serve as deterrent to others and would-be others.
FDA, search for other ...
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JAIL THEM ! THEY ARE MURDERERS. This act should be viewed as a very serious crime against society and humanity. They should be given hefty jail terms to serve as deterrent to others and would-be others.
FDA, search for others who are in the same trade. This is just a minor arrest. It's a diabolic trade mark of these palm-oil sellers. They are killers !!!
TORGBUIGAH A. K. LOUIS 10 years ago

So you people you don't know that this deadly behavior from our market woman across the length and breath of Ghana exist for so long?

Don't be hypocrite, the issue is worst than what you have just perceived.

Other comm ...
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So you people you don't know that this deadly behavior from our market woman across the length and breath of Ghana exist for so long?

Don't be hypocrite, the issue is worst than what you have just perceived.

Other commonalities such as Groundnut paste is mixed with kokonte powder, Grounded pepper is mixed with cola powder, Voucher meat are sold at some bars in Circle as chicken meat, Paracetamols are generated from chalk and Cassava does, honeys are developed from corks, our locally and originally brewed Gin, Akpeteshie, the name originated from my home town and traditional homeland and we extract it directly from LOCAL not Other foreign Palm Tree is having capabilities and abilities to do so many things including total cure for chronic missiles and many many more.

You authorities knew these things and you have done nothing! You hypocrite!
mashall 10 years ago

Dammmmmmmm this death row paaaa in the name of making money ooooo black man why.

Dammmmmmmm this death row paaaa in the name of making money ooooo black man why.

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