The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has destroyed 802 cartons of expired Lucozade energy drink at the Kpone landfill site.
Speaking to the Ghana News Agency, Mr James Lartey, Head of Communication and Public Education, FDA, noted that the Authority, in September this year, had information about a company named Andiana Royal Ventures at Lapaz, Accra, tampering with the expiring dates on some imported Lucozade energy drinks.
He revealed that the officers quickly moved into the said warehouse and arrested the perpetrators of that criminal activity.
“They have managed to change the expiry date of the product from September 2019 to September 2020″, he noted.
Mr Lartey said the FDA officers were later deployed to check whether or not the product was on the market.
According to him, those out for consumption at the time were due to expire at the end of September 2019.
He also cautioned the public, especially, consumers of such products, to be vigilant and check the expiry dates and other relevant information before patronising such items.
The owners of the Andriana Royal Ventures were assisting the police in investigations.
The FDA had issued a notice informing the general public to be mindful of where they shop during the yuletide.
Source: GNA
