The destruction of the goods follows a Choma magistrate’s court order given to the Ministry of Health after it seized the goods from the three traders in Show Grounds residential area.
The destruction of the items, which was carried out at the Choma prisons at about midmorning today, was also witnessed by court officials.
Among the items seized and destroyed include bread, butter, soft drinks, Jiggies snacks, soya chunks, beans and sachets of brandy popularly known as ‘Tujilijili’.
Health inspector Terence Himabala told ZANIS that the traders had violated section 24 of the Food and Drugs Act.
He said most of the seized food items had expired but were still being sold to the public while others had their expiry dates tempered with.
Mr Himabala also explained that the tujilijili sachets were seized because the traders were found without liquor trading licences as required by the law.
The exact value of the destroyed goods was not disclosed.
ZANIS
If most of the seized food items had expired, then the value of the destroyed goods was presumably not that much.
# 1 Nine Chale
to you while you are wiping white peoples bottoms in the west, it is valuless, to mwina zambia is has value.