MILLERS Association of Zambia (MAZ) says mealie meal on the Zambian market meets the stipulated standards which are safe for human consumption.
In an interview yesterday, MAZ president Andrew Chintala said the public ought to know that there are standards which have been developed for different countries in terms of what aflatoxin levels are tolerant for human and animal consumption.
“The mealie meal that is on the market is safe for consumption,” he said.
“It meets the stipulated standards, which are safe for human consumption. We had
to test all the mealie meal.”
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So now who made the dogs die?
You know who.
It is the same conman that has sold all our good maize to neighbouring countries, and is now importing expired maize to replace it.
But Government representative Kawana has mentioned the poisoned brands. Who is cheating who?
Andrew boi, the social cost of your business is very high to the ordinary Zambians. You need to be absolutely sure before you make any statements. I hope you and your business colleagues are not putting profit before our lives.
It seems by rushing to the media with half baked information, the current Minister of Health has played into the hands of an opposition who doesnt want ZNS to provide relatively cheap meal meal to citizens. So Zambia Millers Association should work with all stakeholders including the Ministry of health, Zambia Bureau of Standards to reassure citizens that all meal meal and maize sold in Zambia is safe. Remember for the opposition such as Nakachinda presenting a narrative that the current government doesnt care of the health and safety of citizens is meant to gain political mileage. Debunk such narrative with evidence and facts.
when you fail, you fail. Don’t politicize serious issues. The minister has information.
We were told that about 10 brands are affected so whom are we going to listen to now, is it a conspiracy?
To end this argument, let us supply community house and entire Southern province with this mealie meal in question.
This is how problems are solved.
Vote wisely in 2026.
Yikes! You really are a shameless tribalist. What have the people of Southern province got to do with this. Everything shouldn’t be politics and identity politics. Shame on you
Then stop arguing that the mealie meal is fine. Your supreme leader messed up, stop making excuses for him.
If you think there is nothing wrong with it, let us supply only community house and southern province, because this is where the voices arguing are coming from.
Who said the mealie meal is fine? No one has denied it and Government departments have issued warnings to that effect. This is not a political issue.
FYI not only the people of Southern Province voted for HH. You singling them out shows you for the raging tribalist you are. All your write ups show you for the feckless dullard you truly are
Only the MAZ, which is not a government department is saying it’s fine. Geez
Ifitala fulu iwe. Lyonse lyonse kutosha.
Carry on supporting nonsense from your tribesmate. Zambia is bigger than tribe, remember that.
This is a political issue, of course.
We have never experienced this before, because we used to eat what we sowed. The previous presidents were all against GMO, and they would never have compromised our health by importing expired mealie meal.
They want to listen to negative things.Any thing that is good doesn’t please them.Who knows they may be the ones sarbotaging us.They always want UPND to fail.They are sadists.
Where is the source of the maize? What are the levels in the mealie meal?
Who fed the dogs with contaminated dog food and why? 40 dogs is about 20 families if it is 2 dogs per family. Where are these families? Where did they buy the dog food from? By coming up with contaminated mealie meal brands we ve not cleared the case unless the queries above are answered. Can we hear from the dog owners…where are they? Which town? Who reported about the dogs mortality?
2. We want also to know which brand of dog food. They should be protected as well.
I buy dog food from ShopRite
MAZ president you are a rubber stamp. We know your Lebanese and Indian bosses forced you to comment. We won’t listen to you. For now we will only buy Green Eagles. Your bosses are having challenges to sell their mealie mill because OUR Eagles is gaining ground so they are milling lower volumes hence the fungal attack of their stocks. More is coming. We just need to increase Eagles production levels. Kwasila. Let the Indians and Lebanese stop selling expensive mealie mill and lower their prices. I rest my case.
Aflatoxins come from poorly managed grain storage facilities that have elevated levels of moisture and poor pest control in granaries. Zambia Bureau of Standards must visit all millers’ granaries and inspect. These private millers don’t employ professionals to manage these facilities. Now they are expected to store their maize longer because ZNS Eagles has created pressure on the market so sales have regressed negatively. Please do your job to save lives. Inspect them it is your mandate. Don’t accept brown envelopes whilst you are at it.