{"id":348406,"date":"2011-03-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-29T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/29\/fdb-wants-public-to-take-note-of-names-of-unwholesome-pure-water\/"},"modified":"2011-03-29T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-03-29T00:00:00","slug":"fdb-wants-public-to-take-note-of-names-of-unwholesome-pure-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/29\/fdb-wants-public-to-take-note-of-names-of-unwholesome-pure-water\/","title":{"rendered":"FDB wants public to take note of names of unwholesome pure water"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"56\">\n<p>\t\t\t\tThe Food and Drugs Board (FDB) is urging the public to take note of names of unregistered sachet water producers as has been published in the media and avoid purchasing such water for drinking.<\/p>\n<p>The board has blacklisted over 30 sachet water producers in the country for non-registration and operating under unhygienic conditions. <\/p>\n<p>The exercise followed reports that 85 per cent of \u2018pure water\u2019 consumed by the populace does not meet required safety standards of the Ghana Standards Board and the FDB.<\/p>\n<p>This comes at a time when the country is experiencing a cholera epidemic which has so far claimed over 60 lives.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on Citi midday news Tuesday, the Director in charge of the Biosafety Department of the FDB, Mohammed Alpha, said the board decided to publish the names of unwholesome sachet water producers, region by region, to help the public make informed choices when buying water for drinking.<\/p>\n<p>He said the effort was the FDB\u2019s small way of contributing to the fight against the cholera outbreak.<\/p>\n<p>Story by Dorcas Efe Mensah\/myjoyonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>More: <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> The Food and Drugs Board (FDB) is urging the public to take note of names of unregistered sachet water producers as has been published in the media and avoid purchasing such water for drinking. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-348406","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-business"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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