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When two boys died after eating food from a store in Naledi, Soweto, there were widespread calls for the increased regulation of spaza shops. However, nearly four months later, the City of Johannesburg says the food in question was not poisonous. Police are still investigating.
Consumers are warned to avoid products missing information about ingredients, nutritional information, expiry dates or manufacturing information
Free State police are investigating the deaths of two young girls, focusing specifically on the food they consumed in the 24-hours before they died.
Postmortem results show that a rat poison was detected on the child who died allegedly after eating a packet of crack-a-snack
Authorities are cracking down on informal spaza shops after the deaths of four children, allegedly from food poisoning, in Soweto and South Deep.