The managing director of Heinz Egypt was arrested on Monday after a viral video showed the famous ketchup manufacturer using rotten tomatoes in its factory outside Cairo.
The director - whose name was not disclosed - was also referred to the prosecutors for questioning after security forces seized 63 tonnes of expired products "unfit for human consumption".
The arrest followed the circulation of a video showing factory workers tossing unsorted tomatoes into an outdoor processing machine.
In an investigative report aired on Thursday on the privately-owned al-Mehwar channel, TV presenter Mona Iraqi claimed the footage was shot at a Heinz factory in Egypt.
In response, the condiment market leader released a statement describing the video as "misleading and inaccurate", but did not deny it was taken at one of its factories.
