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The National Regulator for Compulsory Specifications (NRCS) together with various stakeholders such as the South African Police Service (SAPS) and the Gauteng Consumer Affairs office will, from Wednesday 9, until Friday, 11 February 2022, conduct surprise raids in various shopping centres in the City of Johannesburg. 

In recent times, the NRCS received numerous tip-offs from consumers alerting them of suspected trading of sub-standard products by certain businesses within the City of Johannesburg, thus prompting the Regulator to put up a team of inspectors to ascertain compliance of products in the area.

The main objective of the raids is to ensure that business complies with compulsory specifications as stipulated in the NRCS Act No 5. of 2008 and where products are found to be sub-standard, they will be confiscated and removed from the market to ensure the safety of consumers within the City of Johannesburg and the Gauteng province at large.

The NRCS is mandated by the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (the DTIC) to protect the safety and health of consumers by enforcing compliance to compulsory specifications and technical regulations in the automotive, electro-technical, food and associated industries, chemical, mechanical, and mechanical materials industries as well as the administration of both the Legal Metrology Act and National Building Regulations and Standards Act.

Details of the surprise raid are as follows:

Date:  Wednesday, 09 February 2022 – 11 February 2022 Time:   8h30

For Enquiries, please contact: Mirriam Moswaane- NRCS Head of Communications and Marketing Tel: (012) 482 8826 Mobile: 083 364 2007 E-mail: mirriam.moswaane@nrcs.org.za

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Issued by National Regulator for Compulsory Specifications (NRCS)