Crackdown on suppliers for selling expired, mislabelled goods

THE National Consumer Commission (NCC) has issued Compliance Notices to 45 suppliers across South Africa for contravening the Consumer Protection Act (CPA), following inspections that uncovered the sale of expired, spoiled, and mislabelled food products.

- SIPHESIHLE BUTHELEZI

The Commission said the action came after a series of inspections across the country. “This follows a series of nationwide compliance and monitoring inspections to ascertain compliance with the provisions of the CPA,” said NCC spokesperson Phetho Ntaba.

According to the NCC, the inspections revealed that suppliers were selling dairy products, meat, maize meal, eggs, snacks, biscuits, and noodles that were expired or had no expiry or best-before dates.

“This violates Section 55(2) of the CPA, which guarantees consumers the right to safe, usable and good quality goods,” said Ntaba.