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Nairobi county government ordered closure of eight supermarkets

People Team @PeopleDailyKe The government yesterday closed several meat outlets belonging to various supermarkets in Nairobi and Machakos, suspected of selling meat laced with Sodium Metabisulfite, a chemical used in food preservation. In Nairobi, the county government ordered the closure of eight supermarkets’ meat sections after samples from their outlets revealed presence of metabisulfite, also […]

Mutua shuts Naivas meat sections over toxic chemicals

Two people from Ikolomani in Kakamega County died on Thursday, and 19 others hospitalised after eating contaminated beef. [PHOTO | FILE]

The Machakos County government has closed down butchery sections of all Naivas supermarket stores, warning that harmful chemicals were found on meat samples. Governor Alfred Mutua, in a statement released to newsrooms on Thursday afternoon, said the decision was made to protect consumers. “I have been given a laboratory report showing that a sample of […]