The Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) is currently investigating the Chief Executives of two food import companies for allegedly importing four 40-footer containers of salmonella infested gizzard into Ghana.
According to veterinary officials, they were only able to impound one of the four containers, but three others which can feed millions of people have already been cleared and already on the market.
The containers which have been marked as contaminated were imported from Brazil into the country in 2019.
Following a tip-off by the Brazilian Authorities, the officials of the Veterinary Service Directorate of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA), impounded the containers shortly on arrival at the Tema Port.
Importers of the products, however, managed to clear three of the infested containers and already started selling to the general public.
Dr Asiedu Baah in an interview said: “Out of the four containers three have been cleared and we did a traceback and found out that indeed the importers have taken out three containers and sold to the unwholesome products to the general public.”
MoFA then filed a complaint to the BNI and it is awaiting sanctions and prosecutions.
“The importing companies imported products without import permit and veterinary health certificates,” Dr Baah concluded.
The impounded container has been scheduled to be destroyed today, Monday, February 17, 2020.
