SAPS checks for compliance
At least 16 people were detained for failing to produce immigration documents.
Amid concerns over shops selling products that pose health risks to communities, local authorities recently stormed several outlets in Boksburg business precincts to check for compliance with safety standards.
The joint operation, held on October 27 and part of Operation Shanela, comprised members of the SAPS, the Department of Home Affairs, Ekurhuleni environmental health practitioners, Crime Prevention Wardens, local private security companies and consumer protection bodies.
The team, led by Boksburg North SAPS commander Colonel Mack Mngomezulu, blitzed establishments in the Boksburg CBD, on Cason Road and 1st Street in Boksburg North and Main Street in Witfield to ensure compliance with food standards.
According to Boksburg North SAPS Vispol commander Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Gadebe, they inspected 28 shops, issuing seven with warnings for non-compliance relating to expired products, lack of hygiene and other contraventions of the relevant regulations.
They detained at least 16 people for failing to produce immigration documents.
The raid came after two four-year-old children from Soweto died after allegedly eating biscuits reportedly bought from a foreign-owned spaza shop, while two other children, aged two and three, died after eating sweets and chips from a vendor in West Deep in Westonaria recently.
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