Speaking during a stakeholder engagement on heavy metal contamination in cereal-legume mixes held in Somanya in the Yilo Krobo Municipality, Madam Owusu-Kuffour revealed that FDA investigations had confirmed the use of toxic lead by local artisans in the manufacturing process of these pots.
According to her, the lead is deliberately added to soften the metal, making moulding easier a practice that poses grave health risks to consumers.
“When they are making the pots, the metal becomes hard, so they add lead to soften it.
