Listeria-in-the-news

The product is sourced from Belgium and contains frozen sweetcorn sourced from the Greenyard Factory in Hungary.

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Woolworths is in the process of recalling its frozen savoury rice mix product, the company said on Tuesday.

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Customers who have purchased the product should return the product to their local store for a full refund.

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Now that the outbreak is over scientists are trying to understand what made this bacteria so deadly

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President Cyril Ramaphosa says the outbreak of listeriosis has had a considerable economic impact on the meat-processing industry.

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The food brand is still waiting for data from authorities that would definitively show whether its products are connected to the deadly crisis

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The company said it spent the last three months testing and cleaning its Enterprise factory that was identified as the source.

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The Department of Trade and Industry says preliminary research shows that South Africa's pork industry has been the hardest hit following an outbreak of listeriosis.

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The government said that it was conducting a review of food safety legislation in a bid to prevent another deadly outbreak of listeriosis.

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The good news is the number of cases diagnosed each week has decreased.

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The death toll from the world's largest ever outbreak of the food-borne disease listeria has risen to 204.

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The National Institute for Communicable Diseases says a total of 64 cases have been reported since March 5, 2018.

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"Wash food before cooking and ensure that the food is thoroughly cooked either by boiling or frying."

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Tiger Brands said it had received confirmation of the presence of the LST6 listeria strain in samples taken from its Enterprise Polokwane processed meat facility.

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Legal firms representing different parties seeking a class action lawsuit against Tiger Brands over the deadly listeriosis outbreak are to join forces.

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The company already faces two class-action suits over the outbreak, which has killed over 180 people.

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The Department of Health says the number of confirmed cases are on the decrease.

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One hundred and ninety nine people have died, according to the latest National Institute of Communicable Diseases report.

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A variety of ready-to-eat processed meats, mainly made from pork, have been recalled from supermarket shelves after being identified as the source of disease outbreak.

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Fifty new cases of listeriosis have been reported since affected food products were recalled on March 4.

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One hundred and ninety nine people have died, according to the latest National Institute of Communicable Diseases report.

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The number of listeriosis cases continues to decline, but Western Cape is ranked second among the number of new #listeriosis cases being reported.

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While cases continue to decline, it is expected that some new outbreak-related cases could still be reported

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The National Institute for Communicable Diseases has reported that 412 of the 973 laboratory-confirmed listeriosis cases are babies less than 28 days old.

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Tiger Brands and its subsidiary Enterprise Foods are respondents in a proposed case over the outbreak.

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Tiger Brands and its subsidiary Enterprise Foods are respondents in a proposed case over the outbreak.

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The rockmelons, or cantaloupes, were sent to Hong Kong, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Oman, Qatar, Singapore, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain.

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"The implication that the NICD has misled the minister of health and the public is rejected."

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According to the instituteâ??s latest update, there were 982 laboratory-confirmed cases of Listeriosis in South Africa, as of 26 March 2018.

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Human rights lawyer Richard Spoor has filed a class action lawsuit against Tiger Brands over the listeria outbreak which has killed 180 people.

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Human rights lawyer Richard Spoor has filed a class action lawsuit against Tiger Brands over the listeria outbreak which has killed 180 people.

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An application to apply for the certification of a Listeria class action was expected to be filed on Thursday in the Johannesburg High Court.

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An MP has likened the listeriosis outbreak to the Life Esidimeni tragedy, in which 144 pateints lost their lives.

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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.

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South Africa's food making giant, Tiger Brands, could have handled the listeriosis crisis better.

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Rand Water continuously tests the quality of its bulk drinking water for compliance prior to supplying to municipalities.

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Tiger Brands continued its slippage on the JSE yesterday, losing a further 1.54percent as the beleaguered company shut another factory.

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Small business owners relying on the sale of processed meat like polony and Russian sausages say they have been hard hit by the listeriosis outbreak.

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Production at the plant, which produces the companyâ??s SNAX brand, will also be suspended.

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The company is closing down an abattoir and another factory in the hope of finding out how Listeria ended up in its products

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Tiger Brands said it expected its meat products unit to record a monthly loss of up to R33m after it suspended operations at four sites.

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Tiger Brands said it is recalling all products at the Pretoria facility of its Value Added Meat Products brand after "the detection of Listeria monocytogenes".

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The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Health is waiting for a report which will reveal whether there has been a listeriosis outbreak in the province.

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Tiger Brands has closed its factory in Pretoria after it detected "low levels" of listeria at the plant.

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Tiger Brandsâ?? woes seem to be far from over.

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The SA pork industry says it has been dealt a major blow in an effort to curb the deadly listeriosis which has claimed more than 180 lives.

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The company is closing down an abattoir and another factory in the hope of finding out how Listeria ended up in its products

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Presence of listeria monocytogenes was identified in an initial testing of a single batch of Farmerâ??s Deli red viennas.

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Shoprite said that further testing was necessary to confirm the presence of harmful levels of Listeria bacteria.

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Addressing pet parents' listeriosis concerns.

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â??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

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Goods and milling company RCL Foods said its Wolwehoek polony plant in the Free State province was clear of the listeria strain.

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RCL Foods said its Wolwehoek polony plant in the Free State province was clear of the listeria strain.

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RCL Foods says tests conducted by an independent laboratory in France have confirmed that the company's Wolwehoek plant is clear of the ST6 listeria strain.

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The Shoprite Group is recalling a batch of Farmer’s Deli red viennas after being notified of the presence of listeria monocytogenes in an initial testing of a single batch.

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Goods and milling company RCL Foods said its Wolwehoek polony plant in the Free State province was clear of the listeria strain.

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The National Prosecuting Authority boss Shaun Abrahams has no choice but to charge Jacob Zuma, writes Adriaan Basson, the “world’s most comfortable shoe” is now made from South African trees and an emirates hostess who “fell off” a plane bound for Dubai dies.

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Goods and milling company RCL Foods said its Wolwehoek polony plant in the Free State province was clear of the listeria strain.

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Several neighbouring countries have suspended processed meat imports from South Africa.

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Tiger Brands has recalled 3 500 tons of its Enterprise ready-to-eat, chilled meat products as it awaits the outcome of a report it has commissioned.

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Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi has called an extraordinary meeting to brief his counterparts on the outbreak of listeriosis and the efforts made to contain it.

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Ministers of Health from South Africa, Botswana, Swaziland, Zimbabwe, and Namibia met on Thursday.

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Eleven more cases of listeriosis have been reported to the National Institute for Communicable Diseases, but the death toll remains at 183.

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Tiger Brands will be remembered for trying to deny responsibility and refusing to apologise, an impression created by comments from the companyâ??s CEO.

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Replacing meat with plant-based protein would not only benefit human health but also support the environment and Africaâ??s natural resources.

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The Food and Allied Workers Union said it was disturbed by the unclear public pronouncements made by Aaron Motsoaledi about the listeriosis outbreak.

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The Food and Allied Workers Union said it was disturbed by the unclear public pronouncements made by Aaron Motsoaledi about the listeriosis outbreak.

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The owner of a crèche where listeriosis was first detected in Joburg has spoken of the trauma of having nine children falling violently ill in one go.

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Forensic investigator Paul Oâ??Sullivan and Forensics For Justice (FFJ) plan to open criminal dockets against Tiger Brands over 180 listeriosis deaths and 479 instances of sickness.

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Namibia has reported its first case of listeriosis since an outbreak in neighbouring South Africa erupted at the beginning of last year, killing 183 people so far.

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The Conversation Africaâ??s health editor Candice Bailey spoke to Prof Lise Korsten about the challenges around food safety in the country.

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Pressure continued on embattled food giant Tiger Brands with its shares slumped on the pending and potentially massive class-action suit

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Attorney Richard Spoor confirmed that his firm would file a class action suit against Tiger Brands whose facility was revealed to be the origin of the listeria epidemic.

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Consumer watchdog Georgina Crouth shares some tips for protecting your family from the listeriosis outbreak.

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In an ideal world, health inspectors would be monitoring every food truck, roadside stand, market, café and home industry, but authorities have limited resources.

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US experts have been enlisted to assist in a class action suit to be launched on behalf listeriosis victims.

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The minister of Environmental Affairs has assured South Africans that all contaminated waste will be safely disposed of.

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Victims of the current listeriosis outbreak in the country will be invited to sue the owner of the factory named as the source, a human rights lawyer says.

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The listeriosis outbreak has not deterred some retailers from continuing to sell products similar to those implicated in 183 deaths in South Africa.

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Huge relief when the health department identified the source of listeriosis which had claimed the lives of 180 people.

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Symptoms are usually mild and may include fever, myalgia (pain in a muscle or group of muscles), malaise and sometimes nausea or diarrhoea.

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Joburg environmental and infrastructure service MMC Nico De Jager was hospitalised after eating ham bought for his son's sandwiches two weeks ago.

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The South African Poultry Association said the government had not applied the same safety standards used for local meat producers to importers.

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The environmental affairs department has stringent measures in place to avoid the risk of exposure to foods contaminated with the Listeria bacteria.

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Muslim Judicial Council Halaal Trust director Sheikh Achmat Sedick has urged Muslims to avoid processed meat products like viennas and polony for now.

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Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has given an undertaking to support families of 180 people killed by listeriosis should they sue companies involved in the outbreak of the food poisoning.

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Tiger Brands said that it was doing everything it can to get to the root cause of the listeria bacteria found in its food production plant in Limpopo.

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South Africa's poultry producers association was concerned that the country was accepting imports of untested mechanically deboned meat.

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Candice Turner's world was turned upside-down the day she was told she had contracted the listeria virus.

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"I have been aware of bacteria existing in biltong - uncooked meat - so why is it not vulnerable to the ST6 listeriosis strain."

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Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi said his department would assist with data to institute litigation against companies found to have sold contaminated food.

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MPs want Tiger Brands and RCL foods to face prosecution over listeriosis deaths, and for the two companies to appear Parliament.

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