President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced a raft of measures, including closing implicated shops, to address the recent spate of children becoming sick from eating contaminated food.Ramaphosa says his cabinet has decided to get hazardous pesticides off the streets and shop shelves, including spaza shops.
He says teams of multidisciplinary inspectors will conduct compliance checks on food handling facilities, manufacturers, distributors, wholesalers, and retailers, including spaza shops and general dealers and that any businesses or shops found to be non-compliant, involved in poisoning incidents, or illegally storing hazardous chemicals will be closed.
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