The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) reports that Chioma Egodi, a Facebook user who gave a product from Erisco Foods a rating, has been taken into custody. Read Full Article..
On September 17, 2023, Egodi claimed in a Facebook post that she had tried a product made by Erisco Foods Limited called Nagiko Tomato Mix and found it to be too sweet.
Egodi attached a picture of the opened tomato paste to her message.
TheCable claims that Egodi wanted to buy a tomato to use in a sauce but was unable to find her preferred choices.
She claimed that after opening it and tasting it, Nagiko tomato paste from Erisco was quite sweet, so she bought some of that brand. Later, Egodi deleted the post.
She wrote: “I went to buy Tin tomatoes yesterday that I will use to make stew. I didn’t see Gino and Sonia, so I decided to buy this one. When I opened it, I decided to taste it omo! Sugar is just too much! Haaa biko let me know if you have used this Tin tomato before because this is an ike gwuru situation,” she wrote.
The product’s manufacturer, Erisco Foods Limited, stated that the claim was untrue and unfounded. The company stated that the post was misleading to its customers and meant to discredit the firm’s image.
Erisco also revealed that the post was instigated to cause public disaffection against its products.
According to the firm, "as before instigated by some forces and syndicates who are uneasy with our growing market dominance as a prominent indigenous manufacturer of 100% natural tomato pastes.
The business disclosed that it made the decision to notify the appropriate authorities about the Facebook post.