25th February 2020
Own Correspondent
The Ministry of Health and Wellness has issued a mandatory recall to all wholesalers, supermarkets, distributors, retailers, traders and importers for canned 400g pilchards in tomato sauce and 400g pilchards in chilli sauce with immediate over health concerns.
“The cause of the recall is due to a deficiency in the canning process. The Ministry urges consumers not to eat the affected products as they could be unfit for human consumption,” said Solomon Sekwakwa, Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Health and Wellness.
He said, “The public is therefore informed that customers who bought them any of the affected Pilchard products to return them to the respective shops for a full refund.”
Officials revealed affected products include Deep Catch, Mammas, OK Housebrand, prime Ocean, Spar, Sunny, Shoprite Ritebrand, Cape Point, Checkers Housebrand, U Brand, Saldanha and West Point which were all manufactured in 2019 by west Point Processors based in cape Town, South Africa.
All products with batch codes starting with ZST29 and ZSC29 on top of the can are subject to recall.
Sekwakwa said, “The Ministry of Health and Wellness will continue to collaborate with South African authorities to monitor the situation and give regular updates.”
