Some market women who trade in dried tilapia popularly known as ‘Koobi’ are threatening to stage a naked demonstration if “false” reports that the fish is preserved with a cancer-causing substance, formalin are not stopped.
Formalin, which is a chemical used to prevent dead bodies from decomposing, is allegedly being used by the traders to preserve the fish; thus making it stiff, have a rubbery feel, clear eyes, red gills and take away its odour as well as drive away flies.
The Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Prof Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, made this known during a working visit to the Food Research Institute (FRI) and the Industrial Research Institute (IRR) of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) on Friday.
Prof Frimpong-Boateng therefore cautioned those involved in the act to desist from it since it was dangerous to human health.
But some women who trade in Koobi are livid about the reports. They claim that the reports are false and baseless and have the tendency to collapse their business.
“If they like they should come to this market and take our Koobi to the laboratory to go and test and see whether it is true if we are using chemicals or not,” a market woman who has been dealing in Koobi since 1979 said.
She added “I am sending this message to the minister to ban that message going around…if they don’t stop spreading those messages, we would stage a very big demonstration, all the women will be naked.”
Source: Today/Starr FM
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I believe some of these things have been going on for a long time. What is standards boards and co doing about all these food poisoning? I have known for some time now that some coconut sellers have been sprinkling ALUM on coconuts they have sliced to prevent flies and keep it from drying. Observe closely the liquid they sprinkle on these coconuts before buying them!!
mmaaa wei paaa, if u go on naked demo will it affect our tax rate or our working capita? u will just be disgracing ur own self and through that most of u will loose their marriages cos ur nakedness has been seen by the public and no husband will like that. I therefore dare u to go on the demo or let us think cos if u ike it or not we wont buy something that can kill us or tell us what u use if not the chemical been stated.
Let them all go f--uc-K*ng jump in a bottomless pit where the sun never shines. Due to greed, you kill and have the audacity to issue threats of a demo. In any civilised society, these traders will be held accountable. May anyone involved in using this poisonous substance present and in the past on the unsuspecting public, suffer a slow, painful and agonising end to their pathetic greedy life. First it was sudan red in palm oil and now this. I am fuming to say the least. Naked demo my foot. don't bother with those saggy ***barred word*** selfish bodies.
if you don't use formalin tell us what u use then. CUZ ITS NOT SMOKED, NEITHER FRIED, ROASTED AND IF ITS DRIED I DNT THINK THE OUTCOME WILL BE LIKE WATS ON D MARKET
When is the demo coming off ? They should give date and time and we will endoil our eyes.
... we dare them. they should bring it on. we will all see their nakedness. who losses? Empty threats.