By Staff Reporter
MARIVENI VILLAGE-The Community of Mariveni took a stand against expired food on Tuesday as the country still reels from the deaths of two toddlers who allegedly devoured cookies purchased from a local foreign-owned spaza store.
The operation was also prompted by numerous complaints from community members about certain establishments in these areas selling expired goods and failing to adhere to health and safety standards.
The patrollers seized expired baby formula, bread, mealie meal, tomato sauce, Koo baked beans and meat as well as pre-Rica’d SIM cards, cough syrup and snacks from five spaza shops in the areas and vows to Continue with the crackdown.
In another incident related to expired food, 10 learners from Tours Primary School Mogapeng village under Greater Tzaneen have been hospitalized after they allegedly consumed biscuits bought from hawkers who normally sell at their school.
Limpopo Department of Education Spokesperson Mike Maringa confirmed the incident during the Hlokwa La tsela radio interview and said the learners were rushed to the clinic after eating products bought by the hawkers at the school.
“The learners we taken to the local clinic, and an ambulance was called to take them to Dr CN Phatudi hospital, after assessing them 9 learners were released but one is still being monitored in the health facility” Maringa said.
