The Ministry of Employment and Manpower Development of Ghana is to set up an independent medical board to investigate the ill health of workers of the Pioneer Food Cannery (PFC), manufacturers of StarKist Tuna.
In view of this, the Ministry will meet the PFC management, worker, leaders and other stakeholders to determine the composition of the board.
The board will be expected to examine affected workers with a view to ascertaining the nature of their ailment and how it relates to their work.
Mr. Yaw Barimah, the Sector Minister, made this known in an interview at Tema yesterday.
He expressed concern about the recent publicity and allegations against the company, saying if the allegations were true, it would suggest that the company was pursuing policies, which were not in the best interest of its workers and would, therefore, call for a new approach towards their operational procedures.
Source: Ghana Press