WORLD FOOD SAFETY DAY PRESS RELEASE 2024 (1)
6TH JUNE 2024.
PRESS RELEASE.
WORLD FOOD SAFETY DAY 2024.
As we celebrate the world food safety day 2024, Ghanaians are facing a challenge as to how safe our food is. Recent events in the country have made it a challenge for food consumption in the country to be deemed as safe.
The CPA is referring to the abundance of galamsey operations that has affected our water bodies and also pesticides that are used in our farmlands.
In the inner cities, food products like vegetables that are grown are being watered by sewage water and gutter water. These practice if not stopped will make our food not deemed safe.
Recently, fruits that are grown on top of trees like pawpaw, banana, mangoes and avocado pear is even being affected with food safety. Gone were the days that you could smell these fruits from afar, it is no longer.
The least we talk about pineapple the better, as farmers are now applying carbide and other unauthorized ways in growing them. All these practices mentioned pose a threat to our food security as we celebrating the world food safety day. We urge government and all institutions mandated to see to the safety of our food to take the necessary steps to stop these bad practices of growing our food in Ghana. We wish all Ghanaians a happy World Food Safety Day!
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SIGNED.
KOFI KAPITO.
C.E.O.