betty marandu
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Da!sasa hizi za kijapan japan fukuuu shumaaa!Usitupite mwokoz maana tuliowakabithi usalama wetu wameturudishia mauti.Za Kichinachina....Hu ha x 2.
Da!sasa hizi za kijapan japan fukuuu shumaaa!Usitupite mwokoz maana tuliowakabithi usalama wetu wameturudishia mauti.Za Kichinachina....Hu ha x 2.
Fear as suspect Japan fish enters Dar market |
Monday, 25 July 2011 23:10 |
The Citizen Reporters Dar es Salaam/Arusha. The government has warned consumers in Dar es Salaam and elsewhere to be extra-careful when buying fish following reports of importation of the delicacy from Japan that might have been contaminated by radiation.A statement by the ministry of Health and Social Welfare said yesterday that samples of a seized consignment of the imported mackerel fish destined for Dar es Salaam markets have been taken by the Tanzania Food and Drugs Authority (TFDA) for testing. The fish is suspected to have been contaminated with radiation produced by Japanese nuclear plants that were damaged by an earthquake and tsunami last March.In Arusha, the Tanzania Atomic Energy Commission (Taec) confirmed yesterday that its experts were investigating the consignment feared to have been thus contaminated. Taecs acting director general Mr Firmin Banzi, told The Citizen that his commissions officials in the Dar es Salaam sub-office would collect samples for testing.I cant say if the fish is contaminated or not. We are waiting for the samples to be collected from the ship, he said, noting that Taec was mandated to screen all imported food. Mr Banzi said health risks from radioactive material could be in the form of exposure to the dust generated during uranium mining or its transportation. When inhaled, radon, a gas derived from uranium mines or emitted from explosions of nuclear stations, lodge in a persons lungs, delivering a massive dose of alpha radiation to the sensitive lung tissue. The result is an extraordinarily high incidence of lung cancer, fibrosis of the lungs and other lung diseases, all of which take decades to become manifest, he said. If not controlled radioactive materials can be catastrophic, he noted. He could not say when the investigations on the imported fish would be completed and either would he disclose the name of a ship that brought the consignment to the harbour. And in Dar es Salaam, a statement signed by permanent secretary in the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Ms Blandina Nyoni, said 124.999 tonnes of fish suspected to have radioactive elements were imported by sea on July 18. However, said the statement, on July 24, the government, in collaboration with TFDA and the police, seized 123.673 tonnes, indicating that at least 1.319 tonnes of the fish had already been transported upcountry or supplied in the city.The consignment was imported by the Alphakrust Ltd Company of Dar es Salaam from Kaneyama Corporation, a Japanese company based in Chiba, Japan. The PS said the missing 1.3 tonnes are believed to have been transported to Morogoro municipality and Kilombero District and some other areas served by the Magogoni Ferry fish international market.According to the information obtained from Alphakrust Ltd Companys data base, some boxes of the fish were distributed in Dar and neighbouring Morogoro region, reads part of the statement. However, the Ministry confirmed that the consignment from Japan was legally cleared by Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) and approved according to TFDA procedures at the port upon its arrival on July 18.The consignment had the permit from the Japan Frozen Foods Inspection Corporation (JFFIC), which is under the Japanese ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. The Mackerel fish were processed December 2010 and its expiry date is June, 2012.The PS said her office received the information on the queried consignment on July 23 and it ordered for immediate measures to be taken. The Ministry was informed on the fish on July 23, and we responded on the same day ordering TFDA to block its sale pending the authoritys test, reads the statement.The TFDA acting director general, Mr Hiiti Sillo told The Citizen his office has received an order from the ministry and that it was working around the clock to make sure the matter is sorted out. He said TFDA was aware of the situation and it has already deployed its officers in various areas to locate the missing fish. What I can say is that TFDA is going with tests as ordered by the ministry and we are working hard to bring everything back to normalcy, said Mr Sillo. The Dar es Salaam Special Zone police commander, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Suleiman Kova, said the police had no say on the matter but promised to work together with TFDA and the ministry if that would be deemed necessary. He said it would be difficult for him to mention where the consignment was being conserved for the security reasons. However, the Tanzania Bureau of Standards (TBS) director general, Mr Charles Ekelege could not respond on the matter, saying he was in the middle of an important meeting. According to a survey conducted by The Citizen at Feri Fish International a number of boxes containing Mackerel fish were brought at the area on Sunday morning and were sold Sh51,000 each. Reported by Florence Mugarula and Zephania Ubwani |
Samaki wetu wazuri wa ziwa victoria wanawasafirisha nje na kutuachia mapanki, kama vile haitoshi wanatuletea samaki wenye sumu! Hivi kuna haja gan ya sisi kuagiza samaki nje ilihali tuna bahari na maziwa kibao? Huyu bwana Mkubwa haikufaa aitwe JK bali ilitakiwa aitwe KJ(kubwa jinga)!
hao tdfa wanapaswa kuchukuliwa hatua kali. Maana hii inatofauti gani na kulishwa sumu? Na adhari zake kwa vizazi?
Ila kweli sisi ni miafrika, I just don't understand Tanzania kuagiza samaki Japan, i thought it would be otherwise?
Tunao samaki wengi sana mpaka tunauza nje na kubakia na mapanki,inakuwaje tuna import samaki wa kutoka Japan?