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Court overturns decision in Tiger Brands Listeria case

By Joe Whitworth on February 7, 2022

A court in South Africa has overturned a previous decision to make companies divulge information in relation to a deadly Listeria outbreak in 2017 and 2018.

The Supreme Court of Appeal ruling reverses a Gauteng…
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Tiger Brands earnings dented by slow recovery of meat unit

By Joe Whitworth on November 23, 2019

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…
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Tiger Brands mulls sale of processed meats operations

By Joe Whitworth on November 9, 2019

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…
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Tiger Brands will fight Listeria class action related to deadly outbreak

By Joe Whitworth on April 18, 2019

Owners of Tiger Brands plan to fight a class action lawsuit relating to the company’s part in the 2017-2018 Listeria outbreak in South Africa.

The lawsuit is being brought against the company by Richard Spoor…
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People, places touched by Listeria outbreak will be forever changed

By Joe Whitworth on February 25, 2019
on assignment: South Africa

JOHANNESBURG — The World Health Organization (WHO) reported it was the largest Listeria outbreak on record. After 1,060 confirmed cases and 216 deaths between January 2017 and July 2018, officials in…
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South Africa listeriosis outbreak victims v. Tiger Brands about to get speedy trial

By Dan Flynn on December 5, 2018

As expected, South Africa’s high court in Johannesburg has certified the class action lawsuit brought on behalf of victims in the world’s largest listeriosis outbreak against Tiger Brands.

It means that by March of next…
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South African court close to certifying class action in world’s worst listeriosis outbreak

By Dan Flynn on November 29, 2018

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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Dream team ready to help South African listeriosis victims

By Dan Flynn on April 2, 2018

A dream team of world-class food safety experts is ready to go on behalf of the victims and their family members, according to the mammoth 501-page lawsuit dropped on Tiger Brands this past Thursday by…
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Victims file suit in listeria outbreak; more illnesses expected

By Coral Beach on March 29, 2018

As the World Health Organization told countries around the world this week to make listeriosis a reportable disease because of the ongoing crisis in South Africa, outbreak victims and their families filed a class action…
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A Spoor-Marler team plans class action for South African listeria victims

By News Desk on March 11, 2018

Prominent American food safety attorney Bill Marler went to South Africa as a conference speaker on the country’s listeria outbreak, but he’s returning to the USA in his familiar role as an advocate for the…
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