Mr John Odame-Darkwa, Deputy Chief Executive of the Food and drugs Board(FDB) in-charge of Food Safety on Wednesday said the Board would soon start licensing Cold storage facilities to make them compliant to safety standards.
He said, �This comes on the heels of a review inspection report on compliance by cold storage facilities which revealed that majority of the cold stores in Accra and Tema metropolis were non-compliant and operating under unhygienic conditions, which were very dangerous and
could cause health hazards to consumers�.
Speaking at the opening of a two-day training workshop for cold
store operators in the Accra, Mr Odame-Darkwa noted that in the next
three months operators would be trained and encouraged to put in the
appropriate measures or have their facilities closed down.
He said due to the perishable nature of animal products such
poultry, meat and fish, it was necessary that before they got to the
consumer, the cold chain integrity was properly maintained to
safeguard their quality and safety as they were being transported and
that was exactly what the FDB sought to achieve.
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