Nine Mossel Bay pupils hospitalised

As authorities and the Presidency move to clamp down on South Africa's food poisoning crisis, yet another incident surfaced in the Western Cape, where nine pupils from a Mossel Bay school were rushed to hospital with severe stomach aches on Monday.

- Cornelia le Roux

In a statement issued by the Garden Route district municipality (GRDM), mayor Andrew Stroebel said it was believed the children bought potato chips from a local spaza shop.

He said they were immediately taken to a Mossel Bay hospital and treated for their symptoms. All nine children had recovered and discharged yesterday.

The mayor added that environmental health practitioners (EHP) from the GRDM had already initiated an investigation into the incident. The chips will be sent to a laboratory and test results will be made public once they are received.