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The Mopani District Municipality urges business owners and general members of the public to be on high alert as people who are impersonating environmental health practitioners continue unabated.
“We are urging business owners to always ask for the identification cards and letter of appointment from the environmental health practitioners who are visiting their food handling premises before they can allow them in to conduct inspections,” said municipal spokesperson, Witness Tiva.
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Business owners can contact the Director for Community Services, Dumuisani Shithlangu on 082-571-2456 who will link them with relevant Environmental Health Practitioners who are designated to operate across the five local municipalities of the district.