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

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 ...