Deli-sliced meats and cheeses are to blame for a multistate outbreak of Listeria infections involving eight people, one of whom has died. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention late Wednesday announced a state and
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Publisher’s Platform: One year ago today – Tiger Brands polony linked to South Africa listeria outbreak
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Following the declaration of the Listeria outbreak in December 2017, a multi-sectoral outbreak response was initiated. Findings were shared by the Minister of Health, Dr. Aaron Motsoaledi at a public media briefing on March
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Mother describes uncertain future for her daughter after listeriosis infection
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Johannesburg — The mother of a child infected with listeriosis while she was pregnant has described the heartbreak of not knowing what the future holds for her daughter.
Monthla Ngibeni gave
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South African court close to certifying class action in world’s worst listeriosis outbreak
Prominent South African trial attorney Richard Spoor is close to having a judge certifying as a class people who can sue Tiger Brands over the largest listeriosis outbreak in world history. And Spoor credits Tiger
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Greenyard Frozen to restart production at site linked to deadly Listeria outbreak
The Hungarian frozen vegetable factory believed to be the source of a Listeria outbreak that sickened 54 people in six countries, killing 10 of them, is set to restart production.
Following shutdown and cleaning, all
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U.S. officials watching international outbreak; no illnesses here
Federal officials in the United States are investigating the supply chain of frozen vegetables linked to a deadly, international Listeria outbreak. Nine people in Europe and one in Australia who were infected with the outbreak
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Company stops production at frozen vegetable, fruit facility
Production is on hold at the Hungarian plant of the company linked to a deadly outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes from frozen vegetables in five European countries.
A spokesperson for Greenyard, a producer of fresh, frozen
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Pace of new listeriosis cases and deaths slowing in South Africa
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
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Largest Listeria outbreak ever coming under control; 204 dead
The world’s largest listeriosis epidemic is now under control because meat products from Enterprise and Rainbow Chicken have been recalled, Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi told the South African Parliament earlier this week.
“Since the recall,
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Almost 1 in 3 are fatalities in South Africa’s listeriosis outbreak
The deadly South African listeriosis outbreak now has a stunning 28.6 percent fatality rate, according to the latest report by the National Listeria Incident Management Team (IMT). The new IMT report says 200 of 1,024
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Tiger Brands tells shareholders it found Listeria outbreak strain
Tiger Brands told shareholders Wednesday that its testing confirms the National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD) findings that the outbreak strain Listeria monocytogenes ST6 was present in its processed meat plant. That is the strain
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