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Media Statement KIMBERLEY – The Northern Cape ProvJOINTS under the leadership of the Provincial Commissioner, Lieutenant General Koliswa Otola, together with Members of the Executive Council , the Frances Baard District Mayor and local mayors of Dikgatlong , Phokwane and Magareng Municipalities and inter-governmental teams continued the Food Safety campaign today focusing on compliance inspections to tuckshops/ spaza shops addressing illicit and contaminated foodstuff sold by tuck shops and non-compliance. Multi-sectoral teams were deployed under the leadership of the MEC for COGHSTA, Transport, Safety and Liaison, Mr Bentley Vass, local mayors and the Provincial Commissioner, Lieutenant General Koliswa Otola in Barkley-West, Delportshoop, Warrenton, Hartswater and Ritchie. In total 34 tuckshops were inspected, of which only two shops were found compliant and 32 were closed down due to non-compliance and operating without valid licences. Large volumes of expired, damaged and rotten meat and food items were confiscated during the visits. A total of seven undocumented foreign nationals were arrested and detained for processing by the Department of Home Affairs and three fines were issued. An urgent plea is made to communities to allow the inter-governmental teams to conduct their inspections in order to ensure that all compliance is adhered to. Collaborated efforts will continue to ensure that fraudulent and fake food and beverages are removed from shelves and offered for sale to communities. Contaminated food products can pose serious health risks to consumers and can have deadly consequences. Hence, these operations will be conducted in all five districts within the Northern Cape Province to clamp down on illicit trade in food and food fraud. Ends
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