“This intervention will therefore ensure that consumers can report incidents on the sale of fake or expired food as soon as such is identified,” the NCC’s Acting Commissioner Hardin Ratshisusu said.

P olice in Gauteng have arrested seven undocumented migrants, aged between 18 and 29, during a raid at a factory where workers were packaging and altering dates on expired Lucky Star canned fish.

South Africa Home » News » South Africa. By Shanice Naidoo. 5 minute read. 16 Nov 2023. 02:55 pm. ... The City of Ekurhuleni has warned the public of counterfeit and expired food, ...

Counterfeit goods are costing the economy billions, but as cheap and convenient to buy sometimes, ‘fake’ food and counterfeit goods could kill you or cause health complications.. In 2008 ...

So serious is the problem of people reporting “fake food” on social media that in 2018, the Health Department issued a statement that aimed to clarify the confusion between counterfeit food ...

Workers had relabelled expired pilchards from 2021/22 with fake 2026 dates. Seven undocumented migrants were arrested by police in Gauteng during the raid. The retailer, in a statement, said it was ...

The Consumer Goods Council of South Africa’s counterfeit goods reporting platform is helping it crackdown on the crime. However, it says no illicit tech products have been reported to date.

Officials in South Africa have urged action after the deaths of five children linked to eating food from local shops. The Gauteng Provincial Legislature’s ...

Manufacturing. Marketing ... can report incidents on the sale of fake or expired food as soon as such is identified,” the ... several schoolchildren in some communities across South Africa.