The Government Analyst — Food and Drug Department (GA-FDD) wishes to advise the general public, wholesaler, Importers and retailers of an exercise that was conducted to take action against the practice or repackaging flour from forty five (45) Kg bags of flour at the point of sale.
On 19″ and 20″ June, 2019 Inspectors of the Department visited several retail outlets, markets and supermarket in Georgetown and on the lower East Coast where the practice of repackaging flour under unsanitary conditions and placing it in unlabelled plastic bags is prevalent.
Officers seized and removed from premises, eighty-nine (89) bags of wheaten flour that was being repackaged under insanitary conditions and placed in unlabelled plastic bags, in contravention to the laws of Guyana Food and Drug Act Chapter 34:03 and the Food and Drug Regulations Section (18) (1) and Part (6) (2) of the Food & Drugs Act of 1971.
Importers and distributors are being advised to desist from the practice of release for sale forty five (45) Kg bags of flour to point of sale and retailers. Failure to do so will leave the Department with no alternative but to rescind their Licenses / Permits to Repackage and / or import wheaten flour in forty five (45) Kg bags.
Similar exercises will be conducted in out-lying areas and regions and Members of our National Food Safety and Control Committee Meeting which will be hosted on 9″ July, 2019, will be mandated carry out this enforcement action in their respective regions.
Members of the general public are also advised to purchase this commodity in properly labelled bags in the very best interest of their health and safety.