Juan Lerena, an employee, noticed some bad things and resigned from multinational Sime Darby Company of South Africa. He thereafter reported Sime Darby to the Competition Commission for market sharing/colluding/cartel behaviour, abuse of ISO 22000 certification, Misleading and lying regarding food safety certification, Reported SABS to SANAS, South Africa National Accreditation System for not conducting thorough audits on Sime Darby, false advertising to customers and consumers, and selling underweight products to consumers. Sime Darby admitted to the charges and agreed to pay a R35m (KShs 210 Million ) fine in 2016.
