Sinazongwe Health inspectors have seized unlabeled biscuits that have flooded most shops in the district.
Sinazongwe District Health inspector, Calvester Machila disclosed the information during the Malaria Task Force meeting, that the alleged supplier of the ‘biscuits’ was from Lusaka.
Mr. Machila explained that the label inside the packets of the seized biscuits indicated that they were manufactured in Tanzania while on the boxes outside the label says they were manufactured in Lusaka.
He said it was against the Zambian law for any person to sale food stuffs that are not labeled.
Mr. Machila said the supplier was deceiving consumers by selling unlabeled products.
He said the inspectors from Sinzongwe District Health Management Team and Sinazongwe District Council swung into action after a tip off from the members of the public that the supplier was selling the products in Sinazeze Township.
Mr. Machila warned the public to avoid buying products that were not labeled because they could not tell the chemicals that were used in manufacturing it which in the long could affect their health.
He said the samples would be taken to Lusaka for testing of the elements that were used in manufacturing the unlabeled biscuits.
According to the seizure letter, Kelly Kutemba of Abubarcarlee Trading was found in possession of the unlabeled biscuits which have been kept at Sinazongwe District Council.
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Sinazongwe/Sinazeze residents,please stick to brands that you know e.g Bibi Biscuit,Chico,Sunrise,Liberty etc.Kwena global ili bad,bayamba noku gonga ama biscuits.Lmao!
What is the role of the Doctor and the ones buying the same biscuits?
I commend the health inspector for the good job….
Keep it up…
This is sad, how can they be selling repacked goods, these biscuits could be from anywhere, even ku ma shololo .
I hope they were not made in Zambia by bana Mulenga.
Please do not confuse us with a misleading heading. How can the bicuits be “unlabelled” when the story clearly states they had labels both inside and outside.