The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has issued a stern warning to consumers, urging them to exercise extreme caution when purchasing palm oil due to ongoing concerns about adulteration.
This caution comes as the FDA continues its battle against the presence of dangerous substances, particularly the banned ‘Sudan Four’ dye, which has been found in some palm oil products on the market.
Sudan Four, an industrial dye with known carcinogenic properties, is prohibited in food products due to the serious health risks it poses to consumers. Despite the FDA’s stringent enforcement efforts, the issue persists, prompting concern from Roderick Daddey-Adjei, the FDA’s Deputy Chief Executive Officer.
While acknowledging the progress made in reducing the incidence of adulterated palm oil, Daddey-Adjei emphasized that even a small percentage of contamination is unacceptable.
“But we are still not happy about that small percentage that is there, which means that people who perpetrated the activity are still lurking in the dark. And we also want to also let those who think that they can come back and keep on doing this, that their days are numbered. Because already with this one that we even did, we did some arrests, we have handed them over to the police”, he stated.
