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FDA CEO, Ms. Delese Mimi Darko
The Food and Drug Authority (FDA) says the bribery charge against its chief executive is under investigation.
A statement dated Thursday, November 12, 2020, signed and issued by FDA Board President Dr. Sammy Ohene, said the matter had been under investigation since April 2020.
He said the matter came to the chief executive’s attention and he was immediately reported to Homeland Security, which has been conducting investigations ever since.
“The CEO has reported the matter to the chairman of the board and management is following its internal investigation and discipline processes,” the statement read.
The statement was in response to a documentary published in Joy news On Thursday morning he was talking about the prosecution.
In the documentary, it was alleged that FDA Executive Director Delese Mimi Darko, through FDA Chief of Legal Affairs Cynthia Dapaah Ntow, demanded $ 100,000 from the COA-FS manufacturer so that it could continue to sell. your product.
It should be recalled that in April 2020, the FDA announced a recall of the food supplement, COA FS, and ordered the public to return the product to the manufacturer after some samples of the product were found to be contaminated.
The product was recalled in May this year after the FDA asked growers to do so and returned to the market in October as an herbal blend.
Read also:
FDA orders recall of ‘contaminated’ COA FS supplement
FDA destroys recalled COA FS
It was during the process of shipping the product back to market that the documentary alleges that FDA officials demanded the bribe.
It is alleged that an amount of GH ₵ 600,000 was given to the FDA chief of Legal Affairs as a bribe, according to the documentary.
Just last month [October], the Global Peace Mission Awareness Center (COA), makers of COA Food Supplement, obtained authorization to market the product as herbal medicine for general wellness.
Also read: COA FS returns to the market as a mixture of COA
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