# Cosatu is calling for more protection of children under siege from food poisoning. Over 20 children have died after consuming food bought from local spaza shops, with the latest case being the death of an eight-year-old girl from Soweto. Nearly 900 foodborne illness cases have been reported across the country. Cosatu’s, Zanele Sabela, says it is unacceptable that the death of children due to contaminated food is becoming a weekly occurrence:
Cosatu says death of children due to contaminated food is becoming a weekly occurrence [SOUND]
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