Investigators, legal experts and the Consumer Goods Council (CGC),
through a series of raids, have discovered counterfeit milk, wine,
liquor, matches, tinned fish, polish, sweets, rice, chips and biscuits.
In some cases counterfeiters either scanned and copied the packaging of
branded products or stole over-runs of packaging. "Sometimes you will
find poor quality rice repackaged as a premium brand. The package may
be the original thing, but the rice is poor quality," said CGC
spokesman. 80 to 90 percent of counterfeit items were detected through
customer complaint lines set up by companies, whose reps often
concentrate on big cities and don't visit rural arreas frequently
enough.
South Africa's poor hit with counterfeit food
Poor people in outlying and rural areas of South Africa are seeing a growing number of fake food products.
May 31, 2007
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