Authorities Raise Red Flag Over Various Brands Of Mealie-Meal Entering Into The Country

Confederation of Zimbabwe Retailers president Mr Denford Mutashu has expressed concern over the numerous brands of sub-standard mealie-meal that is finding its way into the country from neighbouring countries adding that they were likely to compromise the health of consumers.

Speaking to the Sunday News, Mutashu said:

We have noticed that there is a lot of imported mealie-meal that has hit the market and we don’t know if it has been verified and suitable for consumption without causing any implication to the consumers or whether it’s coming from certified millers from those countries. In the midst of this drought, we should also be very worried and prudent and alive to the fact that we cannot just consume anything and everything that ‘looks like mealie-meal’ as it will be detrimental to the future generation.

Foreign brands are finding their way into the local market due to a huge deficit in mealie-meal in the country. The subsidised Roller Meal is reportedly being abused by those who have access to it thereby increasing demand for the commodity.

Zimbabwe has over the past two decades has been failing to produce enough grain to feed the nation let alone export to other countries.

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