Traders using Millipedes to produce Palm Oil in Ghana have been exposed by University students

Postgraduate students of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) have made shocking findings, just two months after the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) discovered that traders were using Sudan IV, a cancer-causing agent, in the production of palm oil in Ghana.

‎The students conducted a research and discovered that some traders soak millipedes in palm oil during production to change its colour and taste, according to citifmonline.com

The FDA stated that they will apprehend food vendors who continue to corrupt food items on the market and advised consumers to only patronize palm oil from sellers with accredited badges from the Authority.

The Deputy Chief Executive of the FDA, John Odame Darkwa, declared that the agency will ensure it monitors palm oil vendors and place more focus on the supply end of the palm oil trade.

"The essential thing is to make sure you tackle the supply end and the supply end are the producers," he said.

Although millipedes are not known to be poisonous, they give off fluids known as hydrochloric acid that can chemically burn the skin and cause long-term skin discoloration.