The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission working with the Zambia Compulsory Standards Agency, the Ministry of Health, Public Health Departments of Local Councils and other stakeholders has instituted a countrywide exercise which is aimed at removing pilchard products on the Zambia market.
The move follows the warning from the COMESA Competition Commission pursuant to Article 30 (1) (b) of the COMESA Competition Regulations to the CCPC warning the general public against consuming canned pilchards in tomato and chili sauce products from South Africa that are alleged to be unfit for human consumption.
This concern comes after the National Regulator for Compulsory Specifications (NRCS) in South Africa ordered a national recall of all 400 grams pilchard products which were found to have been compromised during the sauce filling process and could thereby affect consumers.
Some of the affected brands which the investigation identified include Deep Catch, Mamas, Ok Housebrand, Prime Ocean, Spar, Sunny, Shoprite Ritebrand, Cape Point, Checkers Housebrand, u brand, Saldanha and West Point all manufactured by West Point Processors in Cape Town, South Africa.
CCPC Public Relations Officer Rainford Mutabi says in view of the foregoing, members of the public should exercise caution by ensuring that they look out for the affected pilchard products and avoid consumption for the good of their health and safety.
Mr. Mutabi said the launched exercise is aimed at ensuring that all such products with the affected batch numbers that may have penetrated the Zambian market are removed from the shelves.
He has directed all wholesalers, supermarkets, distributors, retailers, importers and traders to remove and surrender to the nearest Public Health office of every Council all affected Pilchard products which have can top bearing markings starting with ZST29 and ZSC29 respectively.
Excellent development. Continue keeping us safe. You are doing very well . I will put in a good word for you when I meet his excellency
KZ u are now a loffa reduced to blogging kikikiki
Please use the Zambian registrar of companies to re-register that company and they must re brand it. Kansomba munani!!!
“….This concern comes after the National Regulator for Compulsory Specifications (NRCS) in South Africa ordered a national recall of all 400 grams ..”
KZ
The testing was done in SA , nothing is tested in Zambia. In fact the Chinese feed the Zambian population anything they want , even human flesh, if they so chose , in cans since nothing is tested….
Indeed Spaka it’s nerve chilling, do we have our own institutions to take care of the safety of what we consume in this country? When will we be on top of things ourselves? I thought that the energy drink that was exposed by Uganda marked the end of embarrassing moments. With so many Asian products hitting all our markets, no doubt the entire Zambia will soon be a mass grave in a single day
Just cook your own foods from scratch mwe mbushi mwe!
Sakala or it’s a promotion and now I can delegate tasks while dealing with the big decisions but still having time to interact with our voters via social media. Remember that social media now has a huge impact on electoral success in African nations. So it would be folly of us not to embrace it. Open your mind.
I have a question for you Mr KZ and today it’s not about politics. ‘How do we as individuals in diaspora (United Kingdom) go about acquiring land in Zambia for development especially for agriculture purposes’?
KZ
I agree with you , and must thank you for interacting and embracing SM.
We not agree on a lot of things but atleast there is an interaction.
Its been peaceful at chicagos and even chrismar for a while now really peaceful we drink in peace
If you want land for farming, just approach any traditional ruler
Thank you.
Is it not to late?