Tag Archives: FOOD

The Food and Drugs Authority, FDA, says it will soon ban all tobacco products in the country. It said that there is an ongoing legislative amendment of the already existing tobacco act which will help cover all tobacco products. Speaking on the GTV Breakfast Show, Regional Regulatory Officer of the …

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has assured the public that it will make the reports of the investigations on Marwako fast food and restaurant available as soon as it is ready. According to the FDA, it is still awaiting the laboratory report on the sample analyses taken from the …

Management of Marwako, a fast-food eatery in Accra has paid the medical bills of some customers affected by an alleged food poisoning. Marwako has been trending after several reported cases of food poisoning after eating at the restaurant over the weekend. Subsequently, the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) closed down the East …

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has announced that it has closed down the East Legon branch of the Marwako Restaurant, following allegations of food poisoning on social media by persons who claim to have eaten there. In a tweet shared on Thursday, May 12, 2022, the Authority said that together with …

President Nana Akufo-Addo’s flagship programme, the Free Senior High School (Free SHS) policy, is faced with a major challenge of feeding the beneficiaries, especially those in boarding schools as food suppliers get ready to withdraw services over a GHC500milion debt owed them. The New Publisher gathered that though the situation …

The Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana has warned that food prices may continue to soar if government does not intervene. According to the latest data from the Ghana Statistical Service, food inflation recorded a rate of 22.4% in March 2022, compared to 17.4% in February 2022. According to the association, despite the …

The Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation Dr Kwaku Afriyie has called on Ghanaians to stop purchasing food wrapped in plastic in order to avoid the risk it poses to one’s health. The Minister also wants laws to be put in place banning the use of plastics for selling …

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has noted that global food prices were at record highs before the war in Ukraine. The IMF said the Russia-Ukraine conflict will further increase costs and inflation more broadly. Since the outbreak of the warfare between Russia and Ukraine, prices of commodities especially, crude oil …

Subsidy on inputs under government’s flagship ‘Planting for Food and Jobs’ (PFJ) programme has been cut further for the upcoming 2022 crop season, a document available to the B&FT from the Agriculture Ministry has indicated. The decline in subsidies by government will expectedly impose an extra financial burden on smallholder …

Prices of fruits and vegetables have generally gone up in the Kumasi metropolis, a visit to some market centres in the metropolis by the Ghana News Agency, has revealed. While some of the traders are blaming the situation on the changes in the weather pattern, others are attributing it to …