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“We’ve seen from a seminar held last year that the increase of Bed Bugs should be a bigger concern this year with more people and the fact that people are carriers of pests – without knowing”, says Govender. With some establishments being forced to shut down for a period of time last year due to pest activities, the risk is exponentially higher this year.
I raised the bedbug threat here shortly after the convention Deena's referring to. Experience of big events around the world shows the risk is very real.

On the food safety front...

I think our visitors know they're coming to Africa, and to many of them it's the dark continent - so I wouldn't worry too much about high expectations. I'm pretty sure we'll do better than expected in the eyes of most.

And against that background, our food standards are pretty good. We certainly don't have a bad reputation like Egypt, for example. Heck, they've even had tummy troubles named after them.

That said, in terms of ensuring food safety standards and pre-empting potential hazards, a heck of a lot of our food handling establishments have got a long way to go. Those that are doing it properly, applying HACCP principles, are definitely still in the minority.

We're still a long way from the goal of food safety reaching the corner hot dog boerewors roll stand.