Consumer Council of Fiji confiscates rotten meat from a supermarket in Suva City

The Consumer Council of Fiji has confiscated 199.70kg of rotten meat from a supermarket in Suva City.

Council’s CEO, Seema Shandil says immediately after their findings, the Council engaged the Suva City Council Health Department and the meat was confiscated.

Shandil says traders continue to defy Food Safety Regulations and sell rotten meat to the public.

She says traders are reminded that they have a responsibility to their customers and the products they sell must be of merchantable quality.

Shandil says they will continue to monitor the quality of goods sold in supermarkets and not hesitate to name traders who are in clear breach of the law.

She says the sale of rotten meat continues to be an area of concern for the Council.

She says consumers are urged to continue alerting the Council of any unethical practices in the market place through their National Consumer Helpline toll-free number, 155.