Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane's office is investigating a number of Covid-19-related complaints.About 450 people have already approached the office to complain about the R350 social relief grant.The office has also received complaints regarding irregularities in the procurement of personal protective equipment and the awarding of a quarantine camp.Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane's office has said over…
Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane. Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane's application for leave to appeal the Estina dairy farm judgment has been dismissed by the Supreme Court of Appeal.The court ruled there is no reasonable prospect of success in an appeal.In December, the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria dismissed the leave to appeal, saying Mkhwebane failed to make…
Everything Sprouts LLC of Minneapolis, MN, is recalling three varieties of alfalfa sprouts products because they have been linked to a 15-state outbreak of Shiga toxin producing E. coli (STEC) and/or Salmonella. The recalled products were distributed by Everything Sprouts from May 27 to Aug. 21 to wholesale distributors and to grocery stores located in
The patient count for an outbreak of infections from the Cyclospora parasite linked to iceberg lettuce has topped 10,000. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reporting 10,930 patients as of Aug. 21, up from 9,481 reported on Aug. 13. The sick people are spread across 17 states. There are 454 patients who have
A senior adviser at the Department of Health and Human Services spent this week posting three claims about food safety on X, each one preceded by a red exclamation point and the word FACT. As of Thursday, August 20, 2026, CDC counts 10,930 people sick in the federal Cyclospora outbreak, at least 454 of them hospitalized, two