Of course it’s in Australia, where else would they be called tinned rather than canned tomatoes?

A potentially explosive batch of Australian tinned tomatoes has been pulled from supermarket shelves.

A packaging problem has been detected in a batch of 400g SPC Ardmona whole peeled vine ripened tomatoes, causing increased pressure in the cans.

Customers have been warned there is a risk of injury when opening the cans, which are sold at Coles, Woolworths and IGA stores across the country.

SPC said the issue applied only to the packaging in one batch and there was no food-safety risk related to the product.

The affected products have the code TOM W/P 428580 007CM on the tin’s base.