'Alarm' over expired baby food found on Durban shelves
DURBAN - Expired products - including chicken, polony and baby formula - were found during inspections of shops in the Durban CBD and Isipingo this week, says Trevor Hattingh, the National Consumer Commission spokesperson. The commission, in partnership with the provincial Department of Economic Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs and the eThekwini Municipality, held business compliance inspections in the city this week.
“Most alarming was the discovery of baby food and formula which had passed their "best before" dates,” Hattingh said. According to Hattingh, they also discovered illegal loan sharks who had consumers’ identity documents as well as bank and social security cards. During the operations, the inspection teams confiscated perishable food products which had passed their "best before" dates and large quantities of alcohol from retailers who did not have a licence to trade in liquor, as well as counterfeit products.
Hattingh advised consumers to be aware of their consumer rights and not buy perishable food items that had passed their "best before" dates.
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