FDB destroys turkey tails at Weija

Three thousand cartons of imported turkey tails seized from a cold store at Kwashieman in the Accra are being destroyed by the Foods and Drugs Board (FDB) at the Saba landfill site at Weija.
Officials of FDB impounded the turkey tails from Diamond Foods after an informant hinted them about the presence of the products at the cold store.
Briefing journalists during the exercise, the Communication Officer of the FDB, Mr James Yartey, said the board had the information on the imported products about two weeks ago, and an inspection conducted, the items were found in the cold store.
He explained that to prevent the owner from either selling or taking any of the items away, officials of the FDB counted the number of cartons in the presence of the owner before being recorded and signed by both parties.
Since the reinforcement of the ban, Mr Yartey said a number of turkey tails had been seized from places such Tema, Nsawam, Kaneshie and Kumasi and destroyed.
Importation of turkey tails had been banned in the country since 1999 and since February this year, officials of FDB had intensified efforts to enforce the ban.
Turkey tails have been identified as containing hig concentration of saturated fats associated with high cholesterol levels.
The importation of the product had been banned outright due to the established causal link between high cholesterol levels and some known cardiovascular diseases.