Dodgy meat the target of raids

THE National Regulator for Compulsory Specifications, SAPS and the National Consumer Commission, descended on various businesses in Durban for high-impact surprise raids yesterday and seized non-compliant ready-to-eat processed meat products.

- THOBEKA NGEMA

NRCS Food and Associated Industries Business Unit principal inspector Grant Hingle said they were there to enforce regulations regarding ready-to-eat processed meat products.

He explained that following the listeriosis outbreak a few years ago, the Department of Trade and Industry mandated the NRCS to regulate the processed meat industry to eliminate a possible recurrence of the outbreak.