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Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) kpɔa nuɖuɖuwo kple nuɖuɖuwɔƒewo dzi le Public Health Act, 2012 (Act 851) nu. Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) ɖoa dzidzenuwo eye wòkpɔa EASYPASS Verification of Conformity ɖoɖoa dzi na nu siwo wohena tso duta siwo ŋu wòku ɖo. Ghana Revenue Authority ƒe Customs Division ɖea agbanuwo ɖa to ICUMS dzi. Ele be Ghana dɔwɔwɔ la tɔ naka ɖe edzi be agbanɔamedzi kawoe ku ɖe mɔ̃dɔwɔƒea kple agbatsɔtsɔ ɖe sia ɖe ŋu.

Wo eveawo siaa ate ŋu ava eme, eye mɔɖeɖe vovovo eve wonye. Ele be woaŋlɔ dɔwɔƒea ɖi le Act 851 ƒe akpa 130 nu, eye FDA naa dɔwɔƒe-mɔɖegbalẽ na nuwɔƒewo le akpa 131 nu; ƒe ɖeka ƒe mɔɖegbalẽe nye esia. Woŋlɔa nuɖuɖu ɖe sia ɖe si wobla do ŋgɔ ɖi vovo le akpa 97 nu hafi wodzrana alo mana wo. Agbalẽ vovovowo melɔ̃ ɖe ɣeyiɣi si nuwɔwɔ ƒe ŋkɔŋlɔɖi nɔa anyi dzi o, eya ta ka ɣeyiɣi si li fifia kple ewɔwɔ yeye ƒe nɔnɔmewo ɖe edzi kple FDA ɖe wò ŋutɔ wò nuwɔwɔwo ta.

FDA ƒe mɔfiamegbalẽ si nye Guidelines for the Establishment of a Food Processing Plant (FDA/FID/GL-FPF/2020/01) ɖo nɔƒe, dɔwɔƒe, mɔ̃wo, nyonyome kple dzadzɛnyenye dzikpɔkpɔ kple dɔwɔlawo ŋuti nuhiahiãwo, eye wòbia be dɔwɔƒewo nasɔ ɖe Codes of Good Manufacturing Practices siwo li fifia nu, eye FDA kple FAO ƒe GMP kple Good Hygiene Practice hehenamegbalẽwo doa alɔ eŋu. Míekpɔ Ghana Standard si ŋu xexlẽdzesi le na nuɖuɖu ƒe GMP ɖoɖo gbadza aɖeke le GSA ƒe dukɔmeviwo ƒe agbalẽdzraɖoƒe o, eya ta ele be woalé ŋku ɖe dɔwɔƒea ƒe ɖoɖo, tsiɖeɖeɖa kple mɔ̃tiatia ŋu le FDA ƒe mɔfiamegbalẽ siwo ku ɖe wò dɔwɔwɔ ŋu nu.

GSA ƒe Verification of Conformity gbalẽa ŋlɔ "Machinery and mechanical appliances, electrical equipment; Parts thereof" ɖe nu siwo Ghana EASYPASS Programme kpɔa dzi dome, eye wògblɔ be edzi wɔwɔ nye dzizizi na nu siwo wohena tso duta siwo ŋu wòku ɖo tso 1 July 2026 dzi, eye woakpɔ sɔsɔa ɖa le dukɔ si me wohe nua tsoe hafi agbaa adzo. GSA ɖea nu siwo ƒe hatsotsowo ŋu wòku ɖo gbeƒã, ke meɖea HS-dzesiwo ƒe xexlẽme fia dukɔmeviwo o, eye míekpɔ mɔɖeɖe aɖeke si woɖe ɖe go na dɔwɔnu gãwo, dɔwɔwɔ ƒe nuhehewo alo mɔ̃dɔwɔƒe blibo o. Eya ta ɖe nuƒuƒu alo nuɖuɖu-mɔ̃ ƒe adzɔ-akpa aɖe bia Certificate of Conformity loo alo mebianɛ o la nɔ te ɖe hatsotsowɔwɔ dzi, eye ele be woaka edzi kple GSA le easypass@gsa.gov.gh.

Le hatsotsowɔwɔ nu, nuhela kple agbaɖeɖela ate ŋu ahiã asitsa-invoice, nubabla ƒe xexlẽme, bill of lading alo airway bill, HS-hatsotso kple mɔ̃ŋuti numeɖeɖewo, EASYPASS Certificate of Conformity ne ɖeka ku ɖe eŋu, kple ICUMS gbeƒãɖeɖewo na GRA Customs Division. GSA kpɔa agbalẽa ƒe ŋusẽnɔamesi me hafi woaɖe mɔ na adzɔxɔƒe-agbaɖeɖe, eya ta agba si va eye agbalẽ dzɔdzɔe mele eŋu o la ate ŋu atsi tɔdziʋudzeƒea. Ka xexlẽme tututu la ɖe edzi, kpakple ɖe woabu mɔ̃dɔwɔƒe blibo si le container geɖe me abe agba ɖeka ene mahã, hafi nàɖoe ɖa.

Menye se gbadza si ku ɖe ame sia ame ŋu o. Woate ŋu akpɔ mɔ na nuɖuɖu ƒe dedienɔnɔ-dzikpɔkpɔ siwo wotu ɖe HACCP dzi le FDA ƒe nuhiahiã siwo ku ɖe dɔwɔwɔ aɖe ŋu nu, alo nuƒlelawo kple duta-asiwo abia wo; evɔ ISO 22000 ya nye ame etɔ̃lia ƒe agbalẽŋɔŋlɔ vovo si ƒe hiahiã nɔ te ɖe asitsala la kple asi si wòdzrana le dzi. Ka nu si ku ɖe wò nuwɔwɔwo kple wò asiwo ŋu ɖe edzi kple FDA kple wò nuƒlelawo hafi nàlɔ̃ ɖe agbalẽŋɔŋlɔ ƒe mɔ aɖe dzi.

Axa sia megblɔ nya ma o, eye mele be woaɖe mɔ̃ aɖeke afia abe woɖo kpe edzi xoxo le Ghana ene o. GEM Foodtech ate ŋu adzro mɔ̃ɖaŋu ƒe numeɖeɖewo kple mɔ̃ŋuti agbalẽ siwo li na ŋudɔwɔɖoɖo si woɖo ɖa me. Ɖe mɔ̃ alo agba aɖe bia EASYPASS Certificate of Conformity, kple ɖe mɔ̃ɖoɖo si woɖo anyi wɔ ɖe FDA ƒe nuhiahiãwo nu loo alo mewɔ o la, ele be Ghana nuhela la naka edzi kple GSA kple FDA ɖe mɔ̃ kple agba ma koŋ ta.

Mía ƒe mɔ̃ɖaŋuwɔlawo ƒe ha ate ŋu alé ŋku ɖe nu siwo kaa nuɖuɖu ŋu, kɔkɔɖɔɖɔ ƒe bɔbɔenyenye, ŋudɔwɔɖoɖo ƒe zɔzɔme, ŋusẽnuɖoɖowo ƒe hiahiã kple agbalẽ siwo li ŋu le dɔwɔwɔ ƒe aɖaŋuɖoɖoɣi, kple FDA ƒe nuɖuɖu-ŋudɔwɔƒe mɔfiamegbalẽwo le ŋkume. Dɔwɔƒe ƒe ŋkɔŋlɔɖi, dɔwɔƒe-mɔɖegbalẽ, nuwɔwɔ ƒe ŋkɔŋlɔɖi, sɔsɔ-ɖe-ɖoɖowo-nu dodokpɔ kple adzɔxɔƒe-agbaɖeɖe gakpɔtɔ nye Ghana dɔwɔwɔ la tɔ kple dziɖuɖudɔwɔƒe siwo ku ɖe eŋu ƒe agbanɔamedzi.