Farmer arrested for allegedly repackaging expired and rotten food for sale

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The Hawks Secunda based Serious Organised Crime Investigation and Charl Cillier SAPS operationalised information received from a reliable source about a farmer who allegedly repacked expired and rotten food for delivery to different retailers destined for human consumption.

According to the allegations, the 30-year-old farmer collects expired food from chain stores and other distributors under the auspices of feeding such food to his domestic animals.

When the team comprising of the Hawks, and Govern Mbeki Local Municipality Health Inspectors visited the farm, they were shocked when two warehouses were found packed with food not fit for human consumption.

Four cold rooms filled with expired canned products, rotten red meat, and chicken meat were found.