KINGSTON, Jamaica, Friday April 8, 2011 – Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce Karl Samuda has insisted that contrary to media reports, the country’s processed ackee is safe for consumption and there has been no case of poisoning from the product.
“These recent announcements that persons suffered food poisoning as a result of consuming ackees (and) implying that they may well have been ackees that were processed, is totally, absolutely and categorically false,” he said.
Samuda said the product is “now under stress and almost at a stage of crisis,” because of misinformation.
The minister said processors have begun to experience cancellation of orders, putting the industry under great threat.
Andrew I man spend 7 yrs ina you yard and had ackee bout 12 time and still 17 yrs later me tell you say me can do without eeh.
Andrew how you stand pon the Ackee business? Any posioning in the family? Look like you’ll have to cut your supply from the homeland.Salt fish you can get in DA.
By the way Andrew, DA has Ackees you know! Just that DA people are not into it.
All a need is a pound of rice and some ram goat liver. No ackee, no saltfish, please. Bajans don’t need ackee either;
u r so right Mr Karl. Ackee is not poisonous. Dont know why ppl spread that false information. I’ve got two trees for yeeeeeeeeeaaaarsss now. Nothing has happened to anyone since who ate from it. What can be more nutritious and tasty if well prepared? NOTHING! NOTHING! NOTHING! Anyone who wants to, just try it. Cant go wrong and nothing will happen.