A woman who was hospitalized for two months in the Listeria outbreak in South Africa has shared how illness changed her perspective on life.
Beulah Rhode (Roberts) started experiencing flu-like symptoms and felt constantly fatigued in mid-May 2018. She was in the hospital from June to August. In July, she
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A South African woman who was temporarily paralyzed after being diagnosed with listeriosis has described how she doesn’t recognize the person staring back in the mirror.
Petra Bischoff was admitted to the hospital in May 2017 and diagnosed with Listeria meningitis.
She was in the ICU for nearly a month
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The daughter of a woman affected by the listeriosis outbreak in South Africa has told how the illness has taken a toll on the family and her mother.
Elizabeth Matthee, 73, fell ill in January 2018 and was in and out of hospital until early August of that year. Doctors
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The chief executive officer of Tiger Brands is to leave the role beginning at the end of this month.
Lawrence MacDougall will retire from the company effective Jan. 31, having reached the firm’s mandatory retirement age of 63.
MacDougall has been at the helm of Tiger Brands since May 2016.
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Tiger Brands’ full-year results have been impacted by a slower than anticipated recovery in the part of the business that includes Enterprise Foods.
The results cover the year ended Sept. 30, 2019. Enterprise Foods is in the Value Added Meat Products (VAMP) business of Tiger Brands.
Although there was a
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The parents of a baby girl who died from listeriosis seconds after being born have described how the tragedy impacted their lives.
Nomonde Mahule was told during labor that her daughter would not survive as delivery came too early.
The baby was born prematurely at 25 weeks and cried out
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A woman who lost her baby boy to the South African listeriosis outbreak has said the death left a void in her life.
Innocentia Phaahla was pregnant at the time of her illness. In late November 2017 she was hospitalized and gave birth to a stillborn child before being discharged.
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Tiger Brands is considering selling its processed meats business that was identified as the source of the South African Listeria outbreak in 2017 and 2018.
The company said as part of a strategic review it had been looking at the possibility of selling its Value Added Meat Products (VAMP) business,
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A survivor of the South African Listeria outbreak has described the ordeal as extremely painful and emotionally traumatic.
Gina Moyo was hospitalized for eight days in November 2017. She was quarantined and not allowed to see her two children.
“It really is something I wouldn’t wish on my worst enemy.
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South Africa has tightened regulations for processed meat products to try to avoid a repeat of the listeriosis outbreak in 2017 and 2018. A total of 1,060 cases were confirmed and 216 people died.
The largest ever reported outbreak of listeriosis included an alert in mid-June 2017, a peak in
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