CT condoms are 'safe'
2007-08-24 20:29
Cape Town - Condoms distributed by the City of Cape Town are safe, the council said on Friday.
The assurance by the city's director for health, Ivan Toms, comes after a fraud case involving an SABS official who granted stamps of approval to condoms that did not conform to SABS standards.
The case relates to Latex Surgical Products, one of numerous suppliers of Choice branded condoms to the national department of health.
"The good news is that this supplier does not supply condoms to the Western Cape Province and therefore there is no need for people to worry about the quality of 'Choice' branded free condoms in Cape Town and in this province," Toms said.
City Health distributed almost 56 million condoms in the last financial year.
This amounted to 50 condoms per adult male, 15 years and older, per year.
- SAPA