Tanzania: TFDA Sets Ablaze Items Worth Sh7 Million in Arusha

16 February 2013

The Tanzania Food and Drugs Authority has been going shopping around the local 'Supermarkets' and retail stores in Arusha City, lifting various products from the shelves, before setting them ablaze.

In total, the TFDA which is the official watchdog for foodstuffs and drugs imported and sold locally, collected a consignment of goods valued more than 7 million/- and weighing over 1000 kilograms between them, from various shops, stores and supermarkets in Arusha and reduced them to ashes, under police supervision, after they were reportedly found to be 'unfit for human consumption.'

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