The Greenwich Cold Store in Tema has come under intense scrutiny by the security agencies who are looking for 2,000 cartons of imported 'gold fish' which were declared unwholesome by the Food and Drugs Board (FDB) but were allegedly diverted into the warehouse in the Port City. The action by the security agencies follows concerns that the diverted fish, two 40-footer container consignments, could be on sale for public consumption. The fish was declared unwholesome when it arrived at the Tema Port and embargoed for clearance at the Tema Container Terminal (TCT) near the Golden Jubilee Terminal. However a letter dated July 14, and signed for the Customs, Excise and Preventive Service (CEPS) Sector Commander in Tema, Mr K.K. Laryea, the cargo was allegedly sold to a fish processing company, Daireson Company, in Tema for GH¢4,200 per container for processing into fish meal. The letter was explicit that "the containers would be moved to your operational areas under armed escort to ensure that no diversion takes place". But a security source at the Tema Harbour told the Daily Graphic that instead, the cargo ended up in a cold store' at the Tema Fishing Harbour, raising serious security and safety concerns. Further information gathered by the Daily Graphic indicated that the entire quantity of fish was dislodged from the containers into two cargo trucks, with registration numbers, AS 4490 E and AS 2980 E, and conveyed to the Greenwich Cold Store under no armed guard, as was expected. When information on the movement of the fish was made available to the Tema Office of the FDB, it acted swiftly and sealed the entrance of the cold store for further investigations. The Head of the Drug Control Unit at the Tema Office of the FDB, Mr Vigil Edward Prah-Ashun, confirmed the information. He said the Managing Director of the cold store, whose name was not made available, was made to sign an undertaking to ensure that the seals were not broken. He said the FDB would, in conjunction with other security agencies, start investigations into how the embargoed unwholesome fish was sold and moved out without any armed guard. Source: Daily Graphic/Ghana