A box of Camels purchased on the first day of Level 2 restrictions. The ban on the sale of tobacco products was officially lifted on Tuesday.Several petrol stations had not received tobacco stock by Tuesday morning.One petrol station that managed to restock before midnight was almost sold out by 05:30.Smokers across South Africa have already…
President Cyril Ramaphosa, participating in a virtual imbizo. President Cyril Ramaphosa said the ban on cigarettes will be lifted, but did not say when.He said the "social ills" brought on by the unbanning of alcohol are "deeply regrettable".He called on South Africans to accept the reality of the pandemic and take the necessary precautions.The ban…
Dlamini-Zuma pushes for tobacco, alcohol ban to continue until Level 1Speaking about the illicit liquor and tobacco trade, Cele said criminals were opportunistic and as a result have expanded their illegal trade to include counterfeit alcohol and cigarettes.This had also been evidenced in the increase of liquor and tobacco smuggling between South Africa, Botswana, eSwatini,…
weekly newsletter on Monday, the president said: "While we would prefer to avoid the need for any legal action against government, we should accept that citizens who are unhappy with whatever action that government has decided on implementing have a right to approach our courts for any form of relief they seek."This is a normal…
When I started suing food companies more than thirty years ago, after E. coli O157:H7 in undercooked Jack in the Box hamburgers killed four children and sickened hundreds, proving where a pathogen came from was slow, painstaking, and often impossible. Investigators matched bacteria using crude “fingerprinting” methods that could tell you two samples looked similar
State and federal public health officials are investigating a new outbreak of infant botulism poisoning. So far the outbreak has sickened three babies across three states: California, Pennsylvania and Washington, according to the Food and Drug Administration. The California Department of Public Health has reported that the infections are among infants who were fed Nara
The recalled product was distributed nationally through the online platforms, Amazon, Walmart, TikTok Shop, Target, and the company's websites, tnvitamins.com and doctorspride.com. Published: June 12, 2026, 10:11 pm Total Nutrition Inc. of Deer Park, NY is voluntarily expanding its recall of TNVitamins and Doctor's Pride Ultra Potent Complete Green Superfood Moringa Capsules because they have