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South Africa: Public Protector Finding Ignores Supply Chain Sources Behind 23 Suspected Child Food Poisoning Deaths
The Public Protector's preliminary findings into food safety failures that caused at least 23 children's deaths from suspected food poisoning in 2024. The report does not examine the full supply chain that supplied Gauteng spaza shops.
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