“We are engaging all role players to ensure that the affected products are removed from the market to protect consumers against unsafe products, in line with our mandate.”
123RF/Angel Luis Simon MartinRegulator for Compulsory Specifications said on Monday that more pilchard products than initially announced were affected by a “canning deficiency”.On Sunday, manufacturer West Point Processors called on consumers of tomato sauce-flavoured pilchards in 400g cans to return them for a refund. The company said affected brands were Shoprite, Checkers and OK.
The company said it was working on identifying the cause of the deficiency and that the affected cans had been isolated in its factory.The 400g cans can be identified using batch codes starting with ZST2 and ZSC2. The regulator said on Monday they were manufactured in 2019 by the Cape Town-based company.By Monday night, the regulator announced that more brands were affected by the recall, including chilli sauce-flavoured pilchards.
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