Crackdown on counterfeit, unsafe goods: Air fryers, brake fluid seized

ELECTRICAL appliances including air fryers, irons, paraffin stoves, child safety restraints, motorcycle helmets, counterfeit clothing and expired food were among the items seized in operations held by the National Regulator for Compulsory Specifications (NRCS), police, National Consumer Commission and Border Management Authority (BMA) among others.

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The operations were held in Limpopo, KwaZulu-Natal, Western Cape, Northern Cape, and key border posts between August and October.

The NRCS said the campaign aimed to combat the influx and distribution of unsafe, counterfeit and non-compliant products in South Africa.

The organisation said in Limpopo, enforcement activities in Musina and Makhado, strategically located near border posts, led to the confiscation of non-compliant goods valued at approximately R500 000.

These items ranged from automotive brake fluids, electrical appliances like air fryers and irons to household products such as soaps and paraffin stoves, all of which lacked the required