Two more Gauteng children have died of Suspected Food Poisoning.

• Gauteng police opened an inquest docket after the death of two children.
• The two were among four children who allegedly ate snacks bought from a local taxi rank in Bekkersdal.
• The incident happened three days after the death of two Soweto boys, allegedly from food bought at a spaza shop. 

Two more Gauteng children have died of suspected Food poisoning - this time allegedly from snacks bought at a taxi rank in Bekkersdal, West Rand.

Police have since opened an inquest docket.

Police spokesperson Colonel Dimakatso Nevhuhulwi said it was suspected that four children, between the ages of two and seven, had food poisoning after eating snacks bought at the taxi rank on Wednesday. 

She could not elaborate exactly what the children ate.

"The other two children are still in hospital. At this stage, the cause of death is unknown, pending the postmortem results," she said. 

The Department of Health said it would issue an updated statement on the recent incident. 

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This latest incident happened three days after the deaths of two Soweto boys, Neo Khang and Leon Jele, on Sunday.

They died after allegedly eating biscuits and drinking juice they had bought at a spaza shop in Naledi. 

Two girls, who ate the same food, were still receiving treatment at the Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital. 

Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko, the MEC for Health in Gauteng, said officials from her department's outbreak response team had gone to Naledi to intensify awareness around the handling of food.

She said the team spent the day in Naledi and surrounding areas, engaging with the locals, and conducting health education about food handling, preparation, storage, food safety and the importance of checking food expiry labels.