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GWCL expired water chemicals were safe

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  • okukuseku 11 years ago

    So what is the importance of expiry dates on consumables? We might dissolve Standards board then, since all expired goods are save.

  • IDRIS PACAS 11 years ago

    Ghana Standards Board (GSB) needed to look up the meaning of the word EXPIRE in the dictionary before wasting their time to check for safety in the must-dispose-of chemicals. So shamelessly, GSB say, the chemicals are safe an ...
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  • SHAMO 11 years ago

    I ALWAYS SAY THAT INFORMER IS FOR ANIMALS! SEE HOW THEIR STUPID JOURNALIST THINK..! "AN EXPIRE CHEMICAL THOUGH EXPIRED BUT CAN STILL GOOD TO USE".. IF THEY ARE NOT ANIMALS THEN JUDGE YOURSELF

  • poor journalist. 11 years ago

    The writer should have given informations such as: what date and how long is it expired? What was the last time it was used? what is that chemical responsible for?.....

  • Senior citizen---Germany. 11 years ago

    It is foolhardy to speculate that an expired food or chemicals can be savely used without any problem.The question is, why should the manufactures write expiry dates on goods or chemecals, either to cure deseases or the ch ...
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  • MAHAMA IS A PIG TOO 11 years ago

    ignorance is what is killing my people. which is why they tell them oil has subsidy whiles it doesn't even exist. yet some fools will be chanting ehe ej). animals in human flesh.

  • Tina 11 years ago

    This is a crime, but in Ghana any "big" man can take the people for a ride. In the Weston world, the people know their rights and are ready to defend it but in Ghana my people are ignorant and that is why CORRUPTION and MISMA ...
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  • Frank Agyena-Karikari 11 years ago

    Though the Stanadards Board may be right, I find it absurd that this is coming from what should be a reputable organization. Having worked at places that deal with various products, I know that the very dates on products as e ...
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  • for the truth 11 years ago

    u are not a serious commentator bow your head in shame

  • Okyeame 11 years ago

    why?

  • Ike - London 11 years ago

    Expiry date does not mean that a day before the expiry date the item is safe and the next day it is unsafe. The manufacturers are required by law to give an estimated date when the quality or safety cannot be guaranteed to be ...
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  • GSA IS WRONG 11 years ago

    WE ARE TALKING ABOUT CHEMICALS THAT EXPIRED MORE THAN A YEAR AGO, FOLKS. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT TOXIC AND VERY DANGEROUS CHEMICALS !!!!!

  • Yaovi Michael 11 years ago

    Expiry date is very subjective but in this case its intended use is to treat water for human consumption over a longer period of time. Since this product is already expired it may deterriorate further in the 'Systematic Treat ...
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  • ABRANTIE GYASI 11 years ago

    The most important is the quality but not the quantity(I mean the expiring date).If the chemicals have been tested, and is within the perimeters then, it is potable even though the expiring date says the otherwise.The most im ...
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  • lOVRY 11 years ago

    ARE YOU CRAZY? WHEN YOU ARE SICK AND YOU GO TO THE HOSPITAL, TELL THE DOCTORS TO GIVE YOU ONLY EXPIRED MEDICATION. IF YOU USE AN EXPIRED CHEMICAL AND YOU DIE, THE MANUFACTURER IS NOT RESPONSIBLE

  • ABRANTIE GYASI 11 years ago

    The expiring date can be prolongated if tested by an any approved GOV labotary in this case "THE GHANA STANDARD AUTHORITY" and have the same efficacy.Read the news again for you to understand me.Have you work in a supermarket ...
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  • 49ers 11 years ago

    If you really reside in London you should know better than this if by your logic the manufacture on than date cannot guaranteed the product to be 100% good for consumption what is the point in labeling We should rather be imp ...
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  • Ike - London 11 years ago

    I am not defending the importer or Ghana Water. They could have sent samples to GSA to test before importing the "expired" product or test it when it arrived in Ghana. Firstly the amount that will be paid to the manufacturer ...
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  • ABRANTIE GYASI 11 years ago

    It is better to import an expired product GOOD TO EAT, than the one with for example 2 more months ahead as the expiring date but UNHEALTHY.It is business fraud most manufacturers do that just to buy the product, use it for o ...
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  • RETARDEDS IN GOVT. 11 years ago

    ITS A PLOT TO USE EXPIRED CHEMICALS BY THE GWCL.ITS THE SAME MAHAMA WHO SENT HIHGLY TOXIC CHEMICALS TO KUMASI DURING THE ELECTIONS TO KILL THE ASANTES.

  • Gifty 11 years ago

    How can 17.0 be minimum and 0.01 be maximum? Kookooase standards.

  • DER GBAALE 11 years ago

    Why are you breaking my heart by exposing such gross illiteracy to the whole world. Please go back and read the article. It is simply saying the minimum aluminum allowed for the subsgtance to be safe is 17.0 while the maximu ...
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  • AKOS 11 years ago

    HOW SURE ARE WE ABOUT THIS FINDINGS?HAS MONEY NOT CHANGE HANDS?GHANA FOR YOU GOD HELP US.

  • Henry. (Sweden) 11 years ago

    Oh Ghana, and its corruption attitude. A manufacturer uses an expiry date for a product that should be followed strictly, under no circumstances should it be accepted in the country..... Heartless people, you will kill your f ...
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  • GHFUO, BE SERIOUS NOT PRIDEFUL! 11 years ago

    IF ITS EXPIRED. DONT USE IT....THERE IS A REASON WHY THE CHEMICAL HAD AN EXPIRY DATE.

  • GOOD CALL 11 years ago

    The problem with us is that we talk too much. Every Ghanaian is an expert in everything! How I wished we direct our energies to productive ventures instead of just talking.

  • EBO 11 years ago

    eh dey be kekeke

  • OPUSU HUTA 11 years ago

    Water treatment chemicals used by the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) were found to be safe for use by the Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) - even though they had passed the expiry date, according to a report by The Informe ...
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  • KUKRUDU 11 years ago

    SO, IS THE GHANA WATER AUTHORITY SUPPOSED TO PAY FULL PRICE THOR THE EXPIRED ITEM. HAVE ANY BRIBES BEEN TAKEN? WHO ARE THE OFFICIALS INVOLVED IN THIS SCAM? ANY PROSECUTIONS?

    dO NOT TAKE GHANAIANS FOR FOOLS. SONETHING SHOUL ...
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  • kk 11 years ago

    once expired, always expired. what are the officials taken us for? God will deal with them in his own time.

  • PRINCE KWASI ADADE 11 years ago

    GO OUT THERE AND RECEIVE YOUR REWARD, ALL GHANAIANS. GO AND PAY THE PRICE FOR YOUR FOOLISHNESS. YOU DON'T GIVE A SECOND MANDATE TO AN INCOMPETENT AND CORRUPT GOVERNMENT, NO!! NOT AT ALL, THAT IS ABOMINATION IN DEMOCRACY, VERY ...
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  • silk 11 years ago

    A transparent and open culture would see us through.

  • Ishmael usa 11 years ago

    Under ndc expired thing is good.thiefs.

  • Kyekyeku 11 years ago

    So this bribery and corrupt people think that we are stupid. I am sure the products were bought in china the most corrupt people just like Ghanaians.bring the product here in America and do the text here and I will believe yo ...
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  • David 11 years ago

    A chemical does not lose its potency on an expiratory date which is just a guide. There are quality assurance process to test the final output, including coliform counts. If the output does not meet the standard, the water w ...
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  • sam jr 11 years ago

    David,

    Next time you go to the store buy expired chemicals for your use.

    Are you crazy?

  • Ossom Abrantie Italy 11 years ago

    EXPIRED IS EXPIRED, The producers can go to hell.As a royal peoples we can take such risk period.

  • loadshedding 11 years ago

    Apparently, the chemicals arrived in the country already expired after the long trip from China.Then comes the storage in the tropical heat - temperatures at which chemicals become unstable and decompose faster than normal an ...
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  • WICKED BASTARDS 11 years ago

    WHAT DOES THE GSA TAKE GHANAIANS FOR, ALL ILLITERATES ??? WHY WOULD THE MANUFACTURERS OF THE CHEMICALS DETERMINE AN EXPIRY DATE IF THE CHEMICALS WOULD BE SAFE TO USE LONG AFTER THAT EXPIRY DATE ??????????? TO FEED THE ENTIRE ...
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  • silk 11 years ago

    What are the leaders up to? We are not ignorants. They should calL a spade a spade for nothing is hidden under the carpet.

  • Ananse 11 years ago

    It seems our leaders dont know the meaning of EXPIRING DATE including the GOVERNMENT

  • MOSES 11 years ago

    Ghana is a funny country. A country with 25 million football coachs, 25 milion politicians and now, 25 milion scientists. So nobody knows that the expiry date is just an indication of the duration of efficacy of that product. ...
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  • Monkey no fine 11 years ago

    What is the purpose of the expiration date then?

  • GhanaNi 11 years ago

    We are treading dangerous paths here! It is criminal and dangerous to use any product pass its expiry date. It is ok if a private individual decides to take the risk and use the product pass its espiry date - though attemptin ...
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  • sethoo 11 years ago

    hey,ghana lets watch out so what are we doing to the informer news paper.why do we have to disgrace our nation ghana before the world?.

  • Kadija 11 years ago

    this is not about disgracing Ghana. Truth must be told even if it hurts. if we continue to cover up our mistakes this beloved nation of ours will not develop.

  • blay 11 years ago

    How can water treated with expired chemicals be safe for consumption.
    Do they think they are only educated guys in Ghana?

  • John 11 years ago

    How can Educated people employed and paid by the tax payer tell the whole world that expired material is GOOD for treatment of water for Ghanaians? If the Security Forces, the Police for that matter, have balls, the person wh ...
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  • D. O ANIM 11 years ago

    If the labels say expired, then it has really expired and cannot be used. These effects of the expired chemicals will not come now, but sometime to come. It is a shame to hear the Ghana Standards Board come out openly and dis ...
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  • akos 11 years ago

    this is so sad i just can't understand obroni says the chemical has expired but bibini says it is safe to use ei ghana this shows our level of intelligence

  • lOVRY 11 years ago

    this is big time coverup! because Santa Baron investors are NDC BIG-SHOTS

  • Kadija 11 years ago

    Ghana knows no standards! Anything and everything goes.

    it's all about getting rich even if it means killing your neighbour