[ 2011-04-15 ]

COSMOS debunks FDB media reports
Cosmos Health Outfit (CHO), a water producing
company based in Accra, on Thursday debunked media
reports by the Food and Drugs Board (FDB) that
their practices posed serious threat to public
health safety.

The reports according to the FDB, said Cosmos
Health Outfit Company was found producing and
distributing unregistered products including
sachet and bottled water containing abnormally
high concentrations of silver ions.

It said silver has no known function in the body
nor is it an essential mineral supplement.

Meanwhile, the FDB had closed down the operations
of the company and are taking steps to withdraw
all its unregistered products from the market.

Evangelist Bill Forcha, Managing Director of CHO,
in an interview with the Ghana News Agency said,
the quality of the products were analyzed and
tested by the Water Research Institute that
indicated that the ionic silver level in the water
was below the World Health Organisation approved
0.1mg per litre.

He said the company had equipment for measuring
ionic silver content in all its products noting
that it was not true that Cosmos products
contained 15 times more ionic silver.

Evangelist Forcha said the claims by FDB that the
intake of silver leads to health problem known as
'Argiria' which manifests in discoloration of the
pigment, was false but rather caused by silver
compounds.

He said the company was duly registered as
producers of Homeopathic products silver health TP
in different concentration, including ionic silver
10ppm, ionic silver 5ppm, silver protected mineral
water, and ionic silver spray.

On the forgery of FDB product registration, he
said, it was duly given as FDB /HP 09-6002 product
registration number and signed by its Chief
Executive Officer, Dr Stephen Opuni, adding that
there were documents covering all processes.

He said the closure of the company had rendered
over 70 employees of the company jobless, adding
that the act of the FDB was seen as a blow to the
private sector since it was the engine of growth
of the economy, which could also scare away
foreign investors.

"Why will the FDB approve all operating documents
and licenses and later turn round to accuse us of
non-compliance and thereby close down the place,"
he asked.

Source - GNA

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