A vendor selling potatoes, allegedly sourced from the Claxton Bay dump, was arrested during a Municipal Police exercise, along Narsaloo Ramaya Road in Chaguanas.
Chaguanas Mayor Faaiq Mohammed saidthe vendor admitted to collecting the produce from the landfill site.
He is urging persons who may have purchased potatoes from this individual to discard them immediately as a precaution.
The Mayor is reminding the public to purchase food only from approved and regulated vendors.