in Costa Rica, Health rules out entering the country of contaminated rice from Pakistan

Published 2023년 2월 28일

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A false social media message claiming that 'Dana' brand rice from Pakistan is contaminated and has been imported into Costa Rica has been debunked by the authorities. They confirmed that the rice has not been granted sanitary registrations and that there are no import authorizations for it from Pakistan. Both the Network of Food Safety Authorities (INFOSAN) and the World Health Organization (WHO) also denied any alert regarding this issue, classifying it as fake news. This false information about contaminated 'Dana' rice was also spread in Panama, Colombia, Guatemala, and Argentina last year, but was refuted by the respective authorities.

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After a false message circulating on social networks about the irregular entry of "Dana" brand rice from Pakistan, which is contaminated, the authorities deny said information. “It is important to clarify that Health has not granted sanitary registrations to rice of that brand (Dana) or origin. Likewise, it was confirmed with the Foreign Trade Promoter of Costa Rica that there are no clearance authorization forms (FAD) for rice from that country, so there is no authorization to import this product from Pakistan," he stressed. Roger De Carlo López, Head of the Standardization and Control Unit of the Ministry of Health. Additionally, as part of the process, the Health authorities raised the query to the Network of Food Safety Authorities (INFOSAN) and the World Health Organization (WHO), which indicated that they ...

Source: Costaricamedios