Although the Enterprise Polokwane processed meat factory remains closed, Tiger Brands reopened its Germiston plant last month
An application for a class action lawsuit against Tiger Brands and Enterprise Foods has been filed in the South Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg
South Africa’s food making giant, Tiger Brands, could have handled the listeriosis crisis better.
The company is closing down an abattoir and another factory in the hope of finding out how Listeria ended up in its products
RCL Foods said in a statement on Friday that no trace of the listeria strain was found in the Free State polony facility of its subsidiary Rainbow
Listeriosis has already caused a fifth of processing industry workers to be laid off, analysts warn
Since announcing the class action plan last week, Attorney Richard Spoor has said his team has a mammoth task which may take years to come to fruition
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The Forum is concerned that South Africa’s entire processed meat industry has been implicated in the listeriosis outbreak
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Health officials asked for police help when they could not access Enterprise’s Polokwane plant
The regulations and management of food safety standards need to be overhauled, say experts
The party has said the outbreak is a state of crisis and has called on all of its members to ensure products linked to the bacteria are removed
Joan van Dyk tells you what to bin and how in under two minutes.
Motsoaledi’s utterances about avoiding certain street foods has heightened fears amongst consumers
Tiger Brands produces around 60 000 tons of processed meat annually, roughly 25% of the processed market in South Africa
After a two hour meeting on Monday, management told workers that the factory would be closed until further notice
The party has urged the education department to ensure that food sold to pupils does not contain polony following Sunday’s announcement
Pick n Pay as well as shops under its Boxer brand, have begun pulling the products, as have all supermarkets in the Shoprite group
The health department will tell you what you should be binning and how to do it safely without causing another public health nightmare.
