Are you sure of the rice you have been eating? Then you might have been eating expired rice that some people are bringing back to the market. On Tuesday, police conducted an impromptu raid at a godown in Kariobangi South, Nairobi County where they discovered expired rice being repackaged to to be sold to innocent Kenyans.
DCI detectives raid a godown in Kariobangi South called Kimende Stores, seize tonnes of expired rice that was being repackaged into new bags.#tukonews #Nairobi #TuesdayThoughts pic.twitter.com/7fI1gQPLyd
— Tuko.co.ke (@Tuko_co_ke) May 14, 2019
Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) found the expired rice at the godown that has been trading as Kimende Stores.
The sleuths from Parklands found several suspects repackaging the rice into new bags bearing expiry dates from June 2019 to 2021.
The consignment branded ‘Amar’ and ‘Day to Day’ was being packaged into new bags under the name ‘Red Rose’ and ‘Peacock Parboil Five Star’.
The raid follows a tip-off to the multi-agency team that included police and public health officials. This just tells us that we need to be more careful with the foods we buy from the retail market. Have you ever encounter such before?