The recent rise in foodborne illness in South Africa has been declared a national disaster.
Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development Thembi Simelane said a team of health experts will be appointed shortly to a Ministerial Advisory Committee. This committee will develop medium- to long-term prevention measures to curb incidents
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In the world’s largest recorded listeriosis outbreak, South Africa has added four more confirmed cases and four more deaths, the National Listeria Incident Management Team reports.
The team’s latest report brings the confirmed death toll in the outbreak to 208 out of 1,038 confirmed cases through May 22, 2018.
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Continue Reading Pace of new listeriosis cases and deaths slowing in South Africa
When the world’s worst rampage of listeriosis was at its peak, more than 30 confirmed cases were added to the outbreak weekly. After South Africa’s health officials identified the source and recalled the product from the market, the number of new confirmed cases was cut in half. And during the
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The world’s worst listeriosis outbreak is likely to cost Tiger Brands more than financial markets were expecting.
Continue Reading Tiger Brands says Listeria outbreak could cost it 1 billion Rand
You might say the source of South Africa’s deadly Listeria outbreak was hiding in plain sight, but it took the deaths of 180 people before the Health Minister could collect enough evidence to name the culprits.
A cold, processed meat product made by South Africa’s biggest producer of consumer foods
Continue Reading South Africa’s processed meats blamed in Listeria outbreak
