Sucatrade debunks claims of supplying unwholesome chicken
A local wholesale chain has denied allegations of selling contaminated chicken on the Ghanaian market.
Sucatrade, sole representatives of Tyson Foods Incorporated in Ghana and a subsidiary of Finatrade, has denied claims of supplying unwholesome chicken parts.
Earlier this month, the Food and Drugs Board (FDB) classified 1000 cartons of a 250,000 consignment to be unfit for human consumption.
Sucatrade, has been supplying chicken to supermarkets in Ghana for the past fourteen years.
It claims a box containing cartoons of chicken pieces were torn during its shipping to Ghana.The company says it then invited the FDB to inspect the consignment before the chicken was repackaged after which inspectors consficated the cartons.
Sucatrade alleges that the FDB then went public without notifying the company first.
Robert Nii Ardey Clegg, Lawyer to Sucatrade in an interview with e.tv Ghana news noted that out of the 1000 boxes which were broken during the shipping process, the FDB picked only three pieces of chicken to examine. He, therefore, questioned the conclusion drawn by the FDB.
However, FDB says it' s not targeting Sucatrade. Head of Animal Products and Biosafety Department , Dr Mohammed Alfa says the laboratory report indicated that there was detection of thermotolerant chlorophones and ecoline which indicated that the chicken parts were contaminated with feacal matter from human or animal source as a result of poor hygienic conditions
The Board says it will not hesitate to clamp down on any company that fails to comply with food safety regulations.
Sucatrade is calling for an independent analysis of the chicken and has questioned the reliability of the results from the FDB laboratory .
By: Aisha Ibrahim, e.tv Ghana
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