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FDA retrieves some washed-ashore fish from the market

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The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) says it has retrieved and disposed off some of the fish washed ashore over the weekend from the market. Some fish were found along the shores of the Osu Castle beach on Friday.

Similarly, over 80 mammals believed to be melon-headed whales were washed ashore  the Axim-Bewire beach in the Nzema East Municipality on Sunday.

This attracted many residents, some of whom picked them either for consumption or for sale. The FDA subsequently dispatched inspection teams to numerous fish markets in some communities where they believed the fish could be sold.

The team also visited the Axim Municipality in the Western Region and the Osu Mandela Market in the Korle Klottey Municipality. Chief Executive Officer of the Food Division of the FDA, Roderick  Adjei, said they will continue to work towards clearing the fish from the market.

He said though some were retrieved, there were some who had prepared them for consumption already.

Meanwhile, despite claims by the Fisheries Commission and the Food and Drugs Authority that they have retrieved most of the dolphins washed ashore at the Axim-Bewire beach for burial, reports indicate that some of these mammals are still in the hands of fishmongers.

Fishmongers found preparing some of the dead mammals for the market said they are ready to release them to the regulators but would need a refund of more than five thousand cedis spent in purchasing the dead dolphins.

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