TASK FORCE SEIZE EXPIRED PRODUCTS IN AGONA SWEDRU

7TH SEPTEMBER, 2023

A joint task force made up of a team from the Agona West Municipal Assembly and the Food and Drugs Authority on friday, Ist September 2023 seized expired products from traders within the Agona West Municipality.

The task-force, which is on a monitoring exercise within the Agona West metropolis detected that the expiry dates on some of the drinks and other products in some shops and markets had elapsed.

The exercise according to the task-force is to clamp down on shop owners who sell expired products.

Some of the offenders are currently before the court, while a bench warrant has also been issued for the arrest other offenders who are at large.

 The Head of Food Hygiene at the Environmental Health and Sanitation Department of the AWMA, George Freeman, said the owners of the shops risk being prosecuted and the shop closed down.

“The exercise is to help all those who buy the expired products, and don’t know where and how to report or file a complaint. The MCE put up the task-force to go round and clear all expired products on the market. The expired products that have been seized would be sent to our office, and offenders would be prosecuted, and their shops would be closed down,” he said.