FDA uncovers expired food items at Zuarungu SHS - Adomonline.com

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has confiscated some expired food items from the Zuarungu Senior High School in the Upper East region.

The FDA during an unannounced visit discovered expired food items in the storerooms of the school.

The Authority’s Upper East Regional Director, Sebastian Mawuli Hotor, in an interview with Citi News, emphasized the importance of ensuring that food supplies in educational facilities meet FDA safety standards.

“From the document we requested for, we were given and then the products were the Free SHS mackerel, the royal gold hard wheat flour, pavani evaporated filled milk, paka tomato paste, and queen [pilchards] in tomato sauce.”

“These were the products that we found that were expired

These were products that were supplied to the school for feeding the children

The products were confiscated and disposed of safely by the FDA as part of their mandate.