Warning issued against DOST barley

The Government Analyst Food and Drug Department (GA-FDD) is advising the General Public that the “DOST Patent Barley” bearing the label “Product of Canada, packed exclusively for Geetanjali Rai, Guyana”, was found to be adulterated with wheaten flour and this is in contravention of the Laws of Guyana Food & Drug Act Chapter 34:03, Section 25, Part 5, which states that “Any person who sells an article of food that is adulterated is guilty of an offence”.
Analysis conducted by the Food Chemistry laboratory of the GA-FDD found the product to be adulterated and this was after weeks of meticulous investigation and collaboration among Inspectors and Analytical scientific Officers, a release from the GA-FDD said today,
The investigation was initiated as a result of concerns raised at the Monthly National Food Safety and Control Committee Meeting.

The Dost barley

The Department has since visited the premises of  Geetanjali Rai at Canal #1 West Coast Demerara on 11th & 12th May 2017 and on both occasions, Inspectors were unable to gain access to the premises to continue their investigation. Denied access to a premise to which the Act applies is in contravention of the Laws of Guyana Food and Drug Act Chapter 34:03 Part VI, Section 21, “Powers of Inspectors”, the release noted.
Consumers are therefore advised not to purchase this particular brand of Patent Barley because it is adulterated and the investigation is now been widened to target and analyse similar products such as those that are also being imported from intra and extra regional countries. In addition, Environmental Health Officers in the regions will now be targeting, for investigation other brands to be submitted to the Department for analysis, the release said.