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Woolworths issues listeriosis-linked recall on rice product

Retailer Woolworths has recalled it's Frozen Savoury Rice Mix product following a worldwide product recall issued by the Hungarian Food Safety Agency in a global listeria outbreak. The retailer says the move is "purely as a precautionary measure." In a statement, Woolworths said: "Food safety is of critical importance to Woolworths and we take all issues regarding the production of our food extremely seriously." The Woolworths product is sourced from […]

11 July 2018

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Tiger Brands may not find how deadly bacteria entered its plant

Tiger Brands [JSE:TBS] may never know how a strain of bacteria linked by the government to the world’s deadliest outbreak of listeriosis entered its factory. Africa’s largest listed packaged-food maker has spent the past three months testing and cleaning the Enterprise processed-meat plant in the northeast of the country that was identified by Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi as the source of the deadly crisis. More than 200 people in the […]

21 June 2018

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Listeriosis death toll upped by six to 189

The National Institute for Communicable Disease (NICD) has amended the number of lives claimed by the listeriosis outbreak to 189 - six more than what was originally reported. Based on the final data available, the NICD has determined that 189 out of 678 cases of listeriosis have resulted in death. According to the NICD situation update, 982 laboratory cases of listeriosis have been reported. Although the source of the outbreak […]

30 March 2018

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Declare state of emergency over listeriosis outbreak, urges EFF

The EFF is demanding that President Cyril Ramaphosa declare a state of emergency to deal with the listeriosis outbreak that has claimed more than 180 lives. The party has recommended wide-ranging measures, including ensuring that all food processing plants are tested to ensure they are free of the food-borne disease. "Listeriosis is threatening the most fundamental human right; which is the right to life," maintained spokesperson Mbuyiseni Ndlozi. The disease […]

23 March 2018

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Listeriosis scare: 3 500 tons of polony, cold meat returned so far

Tiger Brands had recalled 3 500 tons of its Enterprise ready-to-eat, chilled meat products by Monday. This, as it awaits the outcome of a report it commissioned on why the ST6 strain of listeria was found at its Polokwane facility, its spokesperson said on Wednesday. "The first recall went extremely well," Nevashnee Naicker said of the company's "no receipt required" policy, which it used to get customers to return affected […]

15 March 2018

News

Tiger Brands should be criminally charged: activist

The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) plan to launch a class action case against food giant Tiger Brands for the company’s alleged involvement in the Listeriosis crisis. The Department of Health identified that an Enterprise food production facility in Polokwane, Limpopo, as the source of the listeriosis outbreak in South Africa. Tiger Brands, which owns Enterprise, has denied any direct links between the deaths of 180 people and its products. At […]

9 March 2018

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Government will support listeria litigation: Motsoaledi

Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi blasted private laboratories for delaying providing data about the listeriosis outbreak. Almost a thousand cases of listeriosis were reported in the country. Motsoaledi said government would support any community intending court action over the world's largest listeria outbreak that has killed 180 people since December. "Those members of the community who want to litigate, we will give them all the information... all the data, we'll give […]

9 March 2018

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Listeriosis update: WCED ensures safety at schools

As awareness campaigns increase in various sectors around the source of the listeriosis outbreak, the Western Cape Education Department (WCED) has assured communities that it has taken the necessary steps to prevent the further spread of the disease. On Sunday, the Minister of Health, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi announced that Tiger Brands’ Enterprise facility in Polokwane, Limpopo, was the source of the listeria spread, which has claimed at least 180 lives […]

7 March 2018

Local

Cape Town health officials to help spazas give back the polony

City of Cape Town's health officials say they will make sure spaza shops and small enterprises know that they must give back their polony and other cold meat stock as a national recall of the processed meats continued on Tuesday over a listeriosis outbreak. "The City's environmental health practitioners will visit smaller outlets to establish if they are aware of the recall and to record volumes of product being kept […]

7 March 2018

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