More than four million pieces of baby diapers have been confiscated across Ghana as regulators intensify a crackdown on products being sold without proper registration and safety compliance.
The nationwide seizures were made during a joint market surveillance operation by the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) and the Consumer Protection Agency (CPA), targeting baby diapers considered fake, unregistered, unbranded or otherwise non-compliant with regulatory requirements.
The scale of the seizures has raised fresh concerns about the availability of baby-care products whose safety and quality cannot be verified.
Nana Prempeh Okogyeabour Aduhene, Executive Director of Mediation and Arbitration at the Consumer Protection Agency, disclosed the figure, explaining that the seizures form part of a wider campaign to rid the Ghanaian market of products that fail to meet regulatory standards.
The latest phase of the operation has focused on the Western Region, with surveillance teams moving through commercial centres including Takoradi and Tarkwa.
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The exercise began on Wednesday, September 2, 2026, with inspections of shops and other business premises in Takoradi and surrounding communities before the teams proceeded to Tarkwa.
Among the products taken off the market were unregistered Softcare diapers and various unbranded diaper products.
In Takoradi, the operation uncovered non-compliant products at several businesses, including Kadiesoa Mothercare, Akosua Ventures, El-Vitessa Enterprise, Diaper House, R. Boys Everyday Needs, Kari-J Essentials and King C Ventures.
Kadiesoa Mothercare had 16 packs of unregistered Softcare diapers confiscated, while 48 packs of assorted unbranded diapers were seized from Akosua Ventures.
A further 180 packs were taken from El-Vitessa Enterprise.
At Diaper House, officials seized one bale of assorted unbranded diapers and 29 packs of unregistered Softcare diapers. R. Boys Everyday Needs had 29 packs of unbranded diapers confiscated, while 74 packs of assorted unbranded diapers were seized from Kari-J Essentials.
Another 11 packs of unregistered Softcare diapers were taken from King C Ventures.
The operation later covered Koma Oyie Enterprise in Takoradi and several businesses in Tarkwa, including Clevid Enterprise, Claxvis, Gladys Kwofie Anum Ventures and Brecom Enterprise.
In Tarkwa, 16 packs of assorted unbranded diapers were seized from Clevid Enterprise, while Claxvis had 14 packs of unregistered Softcare diapers confiscated.
Gladys Kwofie Anum Ventures had 15 packs seized, with another 80 packs of unbranded diapers taken from Brecom Enterprise.
The Western Region operation forms part of a broader surveillance campaign that has been running since the beginning of the year.
The FDA and CPA have conducted similar inspections in other parts of the country and are expected to extend the exercise to the Bono Region and other areas yet to be covered.
The campaign is expected to continue until the end of the year, with businesses warned against manufacturing, stocking or selling baby-care products that do not meet Ghana’s regulatory requirements.
