{"id":44108,"date":"2024-11-29T13:21:17","date_gmt":"2024-11-29T11:21:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/walk-in-fridge-turned-into-a-bedroom-and-rodent-droppings-found-at-spaza-shops-in-cape-town-20241129\/"},"modified":"2025-03-19T23:11:10","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T21:11:10","slug":"walk-in-fridge-turned-into-a-bedroom-and-rodent-droppings-found-at-spaza-shops-in-cape-town-20241129","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/walk-in-fridge-turned-into-a-bedroom-and-rodent-droppings-found-at-spaza-shops-in-cape-town-20241129\/","title":{"rendered":"Walk-in fridge turned into a bedroom and rodent droppings found at spaza shops in Cape Town"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Kensington spaza shops were inspected on 26 November, revealing serious food safety violations, including mouldy food, rodent droppings, and unlabelled products. <\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Two shops were temporarily shut, and contaminated goods were discarded. <\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Authorities emphasised this is a crackdown on non-compliance to protect public health, following recent food-poisoning incidents across the country.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Mouldy muffins, unlabelled food items, rodent droppings on the floor and on products. These were some of the details noted at a spaza shop and takeaway in Kensington on Tuesday 26 November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The inspection was led by Ward 56 councillor Cheslyn Steenberg, Kensington police and members of the City\u2019s environmental department.Food contamination has been in the spotlight lately, following the death of 23 children and nearly 900 food-poisoning cases reportedly linked to spaza shops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Steenberg said: \u201cWe found some products that were expired and had mould on it, and could not be used for human consumption. One shop did not have a pest-control certificate. At another takeaway a walk-in fridge was converted into a bedroom. We found fermenting potatoes, which had been cut and left in water. There were flies in the kitchen, and there were frozen unlabelled products, an indication that they had been in the fridge for quite some time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>READ MORE:&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news24.com\/news24\/community-newspaper\/peoples-post\/over-1000-spaza-shops-apply-for-compliance-after-governments-food-safety-crackdown-20241127\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Over 1000 spaza shops apply for compliance after government\u2019s food safety crackdown<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Steenberg two establishments, one based in Voortrekker Road and the other at the 12th Avenue Shopping Centre, were temporarily shut and the products confiscated and safely discarded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is not a matter of us wanting to clamp down on any nationality,\u201d he said, \u201cbut a clampdown on non-compliance. I hope we can make a meaningful change to ensure the safety of people in the ward.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Resident Jameelah Liedeman said: \u201cSpaza shops in the area have been a concern long before the problem of the food poisoning. I believe it\u2019s the correct thing that all spaza shops are registered because there must be measures in place to keep these people accountable.\u201dShe described some of her misfortunes following a purchase at a spaza shop.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have in the past week bought milk twice from a spaza shop and discovered that it was sour the next morning. 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