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AFLOTOXIN

Clover peanut butter recalled, 6th product taken off shelves over toxin levels

Clover has recalled 10,776 units of GoNuts Peanut Butter after tests revealed higher than acceptable levels of aflatoxin. This comes after last month’s recalls of Pick n Pay’s 1kg No Name, Dischem’s Lifestyle brand 400g and 800g smooth…

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No more cooked chicken and chips, thanks. Image: Instagram/CheckersSA
ESSENTIAL GOODS

Sorry! That chicken and other cooked foods are not essential goods

Cooked food from South African supermarkets like Woolworths, Pick n Pay and Checkers are not regarded as essential goods, and trade and industry minister Ebrahim Patel has again called for their hot-food sections to be closed. Speaking at…

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A Johannesburg sales rep has apologised for claiming that his local supermarkets were hiking prices during the Covid-19 lockdown. Image: 123RF/ GUI YONGNIAN
NAME AND SHAME

Pay R3m or retract! Scare for Joburg dad who accused Spar of hiking prices

Facebook post about excessive pricing has shop owner demanding R3m in financial losses A Robertsham man who claimed in a Facebook post that supermarkets in his area of Johannesburg were hiking their prices during lockdown received a…

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