General News of Tuesday, 7 May 2019Source: DAYBREAKChemical tilapia on your tableFisheries Commission Report Indicates Presence of Oreochromis niloticus in tilapiaFisheries Commission Report Indicates Presence of Oreochromis niloticus in tilapia. As you move into any restaurant or chop bar near you with your family or girlfriend, you may be sure as night follows day that the tilapia that may be served you is chemical rather than natural or organic. According to an official report titled GENETIC RELATIONSHIPS AND ORIGINS OF THE STRAINS OF TILAPIA BEING FARMED IN GHANA submitted to the Fisheries Commission of Ghana and Stakeholders dated February 2018, a study conducted by researchers revealed that tilapia available on our markets are a genetic characterization of farmed River Nile tilapia called Oreochromis niloticus. “We found that the Ghana farmed samples were genetically distinct from the GIFT strains. The signal of GIFT in 2015 PAC samples, in particular, likely resulted from experimental cross-contamination of GIFT and the Akosombo strain at ARDEC.

Source: GhanaWeb May 07, 2019 07:52 UTC