GSA shuts down 5A Homes for allegedly producing substandard mattresses

Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) shut down 5A Homes, a Chinese-owned manufacturing facility, on Tuesday, May 19, 2026, in the Dawhenya enclave in the Greater Accra Region. The GSA shut down 5A Homes for allegedly utilising low-grade raw materials to manufacture household mattresses, which fell drastically below the mandated national quality benchmarks. The enforcement team halted all production activities, evacuated the workforce, and placed the entire facility under state lock and key.

The Greater Accra Regional Manager of the Ghana Standards Authority, Mr Clement Kubati, said that the ongoing exercise is a deliberate strategy aimed at tracing and removing all substandard products from the market to help reduce the human and environmental impact on Ghanaians. Mr. Kubati revealed, "These are mattresses that have been manufactured...These are substandard mattresses that are being manufactured with low-standard material...But some of them have found their way into the retail market." The closure of 5A Homes follows a similar operation on Monday, May 18, 2026, during which the GSA shut down several other mattress manufacturing companies located at Afienya, near Tema.

The GSA has indicated that the operations will continue indefinitely. Manufacturers of household items are strongly cautioned to strictly adhere to national quality specification codes or face immediate closure, asset sealing, and subsequent prosecution.