Court orders Food and Drug Dep’t to defend seizure of ‘Buiwick’ tuna

The packing for Brunswick Tuna, distributed by Beepats, is nearly identical to the Buiwick Tuna brand.

Having detained 2,000 cartons of ‘Buiwick’ tuna for its “misleading” labelling, the Government Analyst-Food and Drug Depart-ment (GA-FDD) will have to defend its decision to do so in the High Court.

A provisional order was granted against the GA-FDD Director Marlan Cole on Thursday by Justice Brassington Reynolds, who said the court was satisfied that enough evidence was provided by the applicant, Goolmohamad Rahaman, the proprietor of G Bacchus Enterprises.

The GA-FDD last Tuesday announced that the detained product was seen as trading on the well-known ‘Brunswick’ trademark, which is distributed by Beepats, and the exact address of the manufacturer had not been stated.