Date: 2021-10-03 17:27:59
Public Urged Not to Consume Contaminated Meat Products from Hammarsdale Warehouse
ETHEKWINI NEWSFLASH
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
21 JULY 2021
The public has been warned not to consume meat and poultry products that were looted at the Sequence Cold Storage Warehouse in Hammarsdale during the recent civil unrest as it is unsafe for consumption.
The City’s Environmental Health Department inspected the facility and found that the meat products from the warehouse could potentially be unsafe to consume.
These perishable meat and poultry products were not being stored and transported at the correct temperatures.
The public is therefore advised to urgently dispose of these products in a refuse bin and to take the refuse bag out on the scheduled collection day.
The Municipality urges the public not to bury or dump the contaminated food.
Environmental Health inspectors and the Metro Police will continue to monitor the situation.
For enquiries the public can call the Environmental Health Department on 031 311 3555.
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Issued by the eThekwini Municipality’s Communications Unit. For media enquires contact Lindiwe Khuzwayo 082 883 6329.
