EFF removing meat products from shops — but retailers say what’s left is fine
Shoprite and Pick n Pay say all possibly tainted products have already been removed — and they are already refunding customers without a receipt
The EFF is refusing to take any chances and is removing as much polony and other cold meats as it can from fridges of different supermarkets. One member posted a picture of EFF members filling up trolleys and buckets with all sorts of cold meats from a Shoprite store‚ believed to be in the south of Johannesburg. "We helping them get rid of poisonous food since they failing [sic]‚" the pictures were captioned. Shoprite, however‚ responded to the tweet‚ saying none of the products the EFF had removed from the shelves were Enterprise or Rainbow products, which were said to be the carriers of the disease. "All Enterprise processed cold meats & Rainbow chicken polony have been removed from our fridges and deli’s [sic]. The products still on shelf are not manufactured by these suppliers. See the list of recalled products‚" Shoprite tweeted. Some of the items removed by the group included the Shoprite brand of cold meats. While some took to Twitter to criticise the party‚ others said this ...
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