The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) will send samples of canned tuna that have been recalled due to “foul odor” complaints to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for testing. | ManilaBulletin
The FDA will act as an independent third-party certification body to determine whether the canned tuna, which is included in the DSWD’s family food packs, is safe for beneficiaries to consume.
Lopez said that until the DSWD receives the full FDA report, “we cannot categorically say if the complaints were due to taste preference or there is really contamination in the cans.” The complaints range from “unacceptable and unusual taste” to “unpalatable” and “smells like rotten eggs,” according to the report.
The fact-finding board informed the representatives of the two canned tuna suppliers that the DSWD will write the FDA a letter and send them samples of the canned tuna flakes taken from the pre-positioned family food packs in Calapan City, Naujan, Bulalacao, and Roxas in Oriental Mindoro.
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