The production of Tasty Tom Enriched Tomato Mix by Nutrifoods Ghana Limited has been suspended in Ghana on the directive of the country’s Food and Drugs Authority (FDA).
This is not the first time Nutrifoods is experiencing such as it was prohibited from manufacturing the same product in January 2025.
A statement signed by the acting chief executive of FDA Ghana, Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Manso Opuni, said the latest suspension was due to “serious health and safety concerns.”
Business Post learned that the serious lapses discovered by the agency affected specific batches of the 380g and 1.05kg pouches produced from the production plant of Nutrifoods Ghana Limited.
As a result, the regulator has asked the company to make a full recall of all canned products already on the shelves to safeguard the lives of Ghanaians and other consumers.
According to the notice, an inspection team of the FDA were at Nutrifoods Ghana Limited following several complaints from consumers and it was found out that the company did not keep to upmost standards, which necessitated the action.
It was stated that there were presence of mould on some products, as well as compromised sealing mechanism and poor equipment maintenance.
“The lapses at the manufacturing plant affected the integrity of the canned products by compromising the sealing mechanisms, leading to contamination and bloating of the products in pouches. Mould was found on some of them, raising serious health and safety concerns, hence the suspension and product recall,” a part of the disclosure revealed.
The FDA appealed to consumers, retailers, and wholesalers to comply with the recall, noting that, “We will continue to exercise rigorous oversight in accordance with our mandate to protect public health and safety.”
A few days to the suspension, the management of Nutrifoods, precisely on August 1, 2025, had called on its consumers and trade partners to bring back the affected products.