Health Minister, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi has signed a notification published in the Government Gazette which prohibits the sale, importation and manufacture of foodstuffs containing any part of the cannabis plant or component derived from its hemp, hemp seed oil or hemp seed flour. This has left many retailers and small businesses in limbo on what to do with the stock of cannabis in. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to Health Department's Director of Food Control, Penny Campbell... 

<p>Health Minister, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi has signed a notification published in the Government Gazette which prohibits the sale, importation and manufacture of foodstuffs containing any part of the cannabis plant or component derived from its hemp, hemp seed oil or hemp seed flour. This has left many retailers and small businesses in limbo on what to do with the stock of cannabis in. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to Health Department's Director of Food Control, Penny Campbell...&nbsp;</p>

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"The minister doesn't have the power to ban any sale of any product. What he has prohibited is for those products to be considered as foodstuff"- Health Department  