The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has clarified that Red Dye-3, or erythrosine (E127), can be used in foods but is guided by the General Standard for Food Additives.
It said the standards (GSFA 2024/Codex Stan 192-1995), revised in 2024, were approved by the Food and Agriculture Organisation and the World Health Organisation Joint Expert Committee on Food Additives.
A statement issued in Accra by the FDA, copied to the Ghana News Agency on Saturday, said the Authority has since been monitoring those products for possible adulteration.
This follows a media report on research by the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) titled "Banned Substances Found in Tomato Paste in Ghana." It said that in 2015, the Authority played a key role in ensuring that Red Dye-3 (E127-synthetic colour) was banned in tomato products in Ghana.
