The Department of Agriculture will conduct inspections at all five registered Terbufos manufacturers in the coming days to assess regulatory controls and verify the use of markers in locally produced products to distinguish them from illegally imported chemicals, Cape {town} Etc reports.
The Department of Agriculture will conduct inspections at all five registered Terbufos manufacturers in the coming days to assess regulatory controls and verify the use of markers in locally produced products to distinguish them from illegally imported chemicals,This follows the death of at least 22 people, including children, with many others hospitalised due to chemical poisoning from food.
Steenhuisen said the department is also waiting for independent laboratory results of samples taken during the inspection of spaza shops in Gauteng to see if there is a potential match in South African products. ‘Another substance was found in spaza shops that was banned for production and sale in South Africa in 2016.’‘However, the department is waiting for the independent laboratory results and the interactions with the five manufacturers to understand exactly where these substances are coming from and how the department can stop them coming into South Africa, if this proves to be the case,’ Steenhuisen said.
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