Revised foodborne illness figures from the World Health Organization (WHO) are the main thing to watch out for in 2025.
There are also new regulatory requirements around Campylobacter in Europe and Singapore is working on a Food Safety and Security Bill.
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Tiger Brands may be about to compensate some of those most seriously affected in a large Listeria outbreak in South Africa more than six years ago.
Tiger Brands revealed the proposal in a trading statement for the 12 months ending Sept. 30.
“The company’s attorneys have engaged with the plaintiffs’
Continue Reading Tiger Brands offers support for serious Listeriosis cases
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This is a crime.
We are now beyond six years from the date that the NICD announced the association between Tiger Brands’ polony products and the outbreak, and the work done by all parties has only generated more evidence that the NICD’s and Tiger Brands’ conclusions are
Continue Reading Publisher’s Platform: More than six years after the largest Listeria outbreak victims have still not been compensated
South African researchers have recommended the creation of a single food safety authority to tackle food fraud and boost consumer health protection.
They said a centralized national food control authority if equipped with enough resources, would streamline enforcement efforts and enhance investigative capabilities.
In a review, the team looked at
Continue Reading Review calls for the creation of a food safety agency in South Africa
South African company Tiger Brands is to replace its chief executive officer CEO.
Tiger Brands is still involved in a class action lawsuit for its alleged role in the world’s largest-ever recorded Listeria outbreak in 2017 and 2018.
Following an annual review of the company’s strategy, the Board of Directors
Continue Reading Tiger Brands names new temporary CEO
A new journal article on the polony tragedy was just published: “Cost estimation of listeriosis (Listeria monocytogenes) occurrence in South Africa in 2017 and its food safety implications.”
Some main points:
Estimate the loss of 204 that died was at least $240,000,000 US
Hospitalization costs were at least $10,400,000 US
Continue Reading Publisher’s Platform: It has nearly been six years since over 1,000 people were sickened and over 200 died from Listeria-tainted Polony in South Africa
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Welcome to 2023! The calendars have been changed, the holiday season is coming to a close and it is time to refocus ahead of what is sure to be another news worthy period for the food sector.
This year marks a decade since the horse meat scandal
Continue Reading 2023: Court cases, rule changes and Codex celebrations
Five years ago, three-year-old Jordin Du Preez was fed a polony sandwich at her preschool. The Tiger Brand’s polony in the sandwich was contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes and nearly killed Jordin and her classmates and left them with debilitating health consequences.
The Tiger Brands polony listeriosis outbreak began at the
Continue Reading Mother describes daughter’s near death from 2017 Tiger Brands Listeria outbreak
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 High Court verdict on whether subpoenas issued against third parties were relevant to the class-action.
Continue Reading Court overturns decision in Tiger Brands Listeria case
In March of this year it will be 4 years since I boarded a flight from Seattle to Johannesburg (20 plus hour flight) to speak at a food safety conference just days after the South
