Pharmacy chain Dis-Chem has been found guilty of price gouging and fined R1.2 million.The competition watchdog received complaints about excessive pricing for face masks. The Competition Tribunal described the prices as "utterly unreasonable". Pharmacy chain Dis-Chem has been found guilty by the Competition Tribunal of price gouging, and fined R1.2 million, for hiking the cost of surgical face…
All the latest coronavirus and lockdown updatesThe judiciary has issued a list of offences under the Disaster Management Act that carry admission of guilt fines of between R500 and R5 000. Judiciary spokesperson Nathi Mncube told News24 the chief magistrate determined fines annually, but that there was particular interest in the latest fines, owing to lockdown regulations. "In…
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
The consumer group wants the USDA to release information about previously approved testing methods the department now says are unsatisfactory because of false positives. Published: June 12, 2026, 12:05 am Consumer Reports says the USDA should release information about Salmonella testing methods for some chicken products that it first deemed adequate but under the Trump