The Food and Drugs Authority, FDA has directed the withdrawal of all batches of 16 brands of tomato pastes from the market which were found to contain the ingredients starch and colour, erythrosine.
The said ingredients according to the FDA were not indicated on the labels and are not permitted to tomato pastes.
A statement signed by the chief Executive officer of FDA Mrs Delese A. A. Darko indicated that these products do not conform to the Ghana Standard for tomato paste and contravene the general labelling law.
