‘Sausage made me ill’: mother on unhygienic ‘butchery’ shut down in Cape Town

Six arrested under the Immigration Act and Food Act

15 November 2024 - 04:30 By Kim Swartz and Samane JNR Marks

A mother who purchased meat from a makeshift “butchery” that was shut down for manufacturing sausages in unsanitary conditions has described becoming ill with her son after consuming the product in Mfuleni, Cape Town...

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