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South African Bureau of Standards exhorts consumers to be more attentive to product packaging, labeling

Feb 2, 2023Feb 2, 2023

SOUTH AFRICA – The South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) has urged consumers to be more watchful when making food purchases by carefully reading packages and labelling due to load shedding, water limitations, and the warm weather. This also entails making sure that fundamental food hygiene procedures are followed when acquiring and preparing food. To make sure South Africans’ food…

South African Bureau of Standards gets new Board after four-year absentia

Nov 25, 2022Jan 16, 2023

SOUTH AFRICA – After four years of functioning without a permanent Board or a full-time Chief Executive Officer, the Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Competition has named eight individuals to the board of the South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) for a five-year term. Ebrahim Patel, the Minister of Trade and Industry, claims that despite having been in operation for…