The Food and Drugs Board has ordered importers, distributors and retailers of "Wonder Insecticide Chalk" to withdraw the product from the market before it caused harm to people.

The Board warned that it would prosecute any one who flouted the order. The order followed the Board's discovery during an exercise at Kejetia to seize expired products that large quantities of the chalk on shelves expired as far back as 1995. Some had both their manufactured and expiry dates erased while others had their records on the date of manufacture and expiry torn off.

Meanwhile, the Management of Norsent Unique Products Limited (NUPL) in Kumasi, sole distributors of Miraculous Insecticide Chalk, has complained about the embarrassment the said wonder insecticide chalk was causing the company.

A release signed by Mr Kingsley Kwabena Kessie, Executive Director, said over the past three months NUPL offices had been invaded by angry customers, who complained about the non-performance of an insecticide chalk they had bought.

The company assured the consuming public that it had nothing to do with the said wonder insecticide chalk and advised consumers to look out for the date of manufacture, expiry date and batch number of insecticide chalk they buy.

The release asked the public to inform the Food and Drugs Board about any product presentation that did not bear manufactured date, expiry date and batch number.