Justice Nareshwar Harnanan earlier this month upheld a decision made by Government Analyst-Food and Drug Department (GA-FDD) to deny entry of a shipment of tuna from China but not before pointing out that there was “misplaced concern” by the agency about intellectual property rights rather than the poor labelling, including the absence of an expiry date.
The judge concluded that the product did not comply with the regulations set out in the Food and Drug Act.
The shipment, which contained 2,000 cartons of tuna labelled ‘Buiwick,’ a name that is similar to the well-known ‘Brunswick’ brand, was imported by Goolmohamad Rahaman, the owner of G. Bacchus Enterprise.
