. Tomato paste, cosmetics, textiles, others confisticated The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Monday, uncovered 30 different banned and unregistered products worth millions of naira in Onitsha, Anambra State, an official has said. Mrs. Christiana Essenwa, a Deputy Director of NAFDAC, said this when she conducted journalists round the […]
Nigeria is ranked as the second largest producer of tomato in Africa, and the 13th in the world, with a total production estimated at one million hectares of land producing 1.701 million tons per annum with average of 20-30 tons/hectare. Yet Nigeria is the largest importer of tomato from China and Italy. Approximately 66,000 tons […]
The Managing Director of Sonia Foods Industries Limited and stakeholder in the production of tomato paste variants, Mr. Nnamdi Nnodebe has not relented in his drive to defend the local manufacturers of tomato paste as he has proffered alternatives to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) over the inclusion of tomato paste triple concentrate in […]