The Commission ordered Best Foods Limited to pays a fine of MK500, 000.00 for supplying products that do not meet labelling standards. An investigation conducted by the Commission showed that Best Foods Ltd were supplying “Orange Juice” which did not have sufficient product information as required under Section 43 of the Competition and Fair Trading Act and Section 35 of the Consumer Protection Act.
The information deficiency included: non-declaration of the product’s ingredients; nondisplay of telephone and physical address of the manufacturer, and absence of MBS certification mark to show that the product had been certified or pre-certified by the Malawi Bureau of Standards.