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By IOL Reporter 
Oct 19, 2020
Several food places in Pinetown were closed and others fined after it was found that they had disobeyed city statutes and regulations.
EThekwini Municipality spokesman Msawakhe Mayisela said that a multidisciplinary operation that was led by the city’s Department of Environmental Health has paid off.
He said the operation focused heavily on non-compliant food outlets.
“It was carried out by officials from the departments of Home Affairs, Labor, Fire and Emergency Services, eThekwini Business License, Building Inspection, and the KZN Department of Economic Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs and Law Enforcement,” he said. .
Mayisela said that during the course of the inspection, a restaurant on Stanfield Road was closed with immediate effect to sell shawarma in unsanitary conditions.
“Among other things he was selling rotten meat and various other transgressions, including the lack of a business license,” he said.
Environmental Health Manager Nono Lugongolo, who is responsible for the Western Interior District, said the owner had already received fines and provided training on compliance education as part of empowering knowledgeable businesses.
“Our operation was a great success as we were able to issue fines and some received closure notice for non-compliance for not meeting health standards and not having a work permit, while others had expired documentation. We will continue to crack down on non-compliant restaurants as they pose a health risk to customers, ”Lugongolo said.
The operation focused on enforcing non-compliant food establishments on Hill Street, Stanfield Road and Dales Avenue, Pinetown CBD.
“The city urges all businesses to fully comply with laws governing food handling. Those found to be inconsistent with these laws will face the full power of the law. More unannounced inspections are expected to rid the city of unscrupulous businesses that defraud their customers, ”Mayisela said.
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