This is after one of the pensioners bought peanut butter on Tuesday.
But she discovered that it had expired in 2010 and reported the matter to the police.
The EMPD’s Constable Jerry Motlakeng says that they responded to a resident who complained about a man selling expired food.
“We found the man had displayed groceries that expired many years ago.
“We immediately confiscated everything and arrested him,” he says.
Motlakeng urges residents to refrain from buying anything before checking the expiry dates.
“The residents can report dubious businesses to the police,” he says.
Ward 76 Councillor Zanele Nyakale says that the hawker was taking advantage of the elderly.
“He is selling the groceries to the elderly people because he knows that they can’t read and won’t check the expiry date first.
“He is putting people’s lives in danger and he is not remorseful about it.
“The man is selling food that expired in 2010; there is nothing that would expire in 2016 or 2017 at least.
“The elderly who we spoke to revealed that the man has been selling groceries in the same spot since the beginning of this year,” says Nyakale.
She adds that they are worried that there are people out there who are sick and not aware of the cause.
“He told me that he was not aware that the groceries were expired.
“This tells me that he doesn’t care about his customers’ health.
“We no longer want him selling anything in this community,” she says.
