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Tiger Brands hammered as food firms scramble on listeriosis fears

(Amanda Khoza, News24)



Johannesburg – Minister of Health Aaron Motsoaledi has announced that government has narrowed down the sources of the deadly listeriosis outbreak in South Africa.
Cape Town - Tiger Brands [JSE:TBS] has confirmed a full national recall of Enterprise Foods meat products after Minister of Health Aaron Motsoaledi on Sunday announced that Enterprise’s facilities in Polokwane, Limpopo Province were the source of SA’s latest listeriosis outbreak.
Tiger Brands also announced that it has halted operations in Polokwane and Germiston, Gauteng to carry out cleaning protocols at those facilities
The company’s share price took a beating, at one stage dipping almost 13% to R370.30. By 10:06 the shares were trading 7.06% weaker at R395.00.
In note to shareholders released on Monday morning, Tiger Brands said the National Consumer Commission has ordered a national recall of Enterprise’s polony, frankfurters and smoked Russian products.
Since the confirmed outbreak of Listeriosis by the Department of Health in December 2017, Tiger Brands proactively amplified its testing for Listeria of raw materials and finished goods and also introduced additional hygiene monitoring of our processes, equipment, storage and waste areas at our facilities.
Tiger Brands said relevant samples were sent to an external laboratory for the identification of the strain, and results are expected back on Monday.
Our lives are in danger because of this deadly bacteria, we need to minimise the consumption of these products for our own safety and the community as a whole.

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Comments

  1. Avuyile Gaya5 March 2018 at 05:14

    I'm so hurt by thus discovery. what are we going to do with our food now. I will continue eating my food shame

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  2. Unknown5 March 2018 at 05:23

    It's just so sad, by the looks of things we will end up having nothing to eat. Only having to drink water.

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  3. ceeyakayone5 March 2018 at 05:26

    Yhooo but we love this products and our bodies need them.

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  4. Sam6 March 2018 at 09:57

    Yhooo i'll continue eating my food also...until i see outcomes shame.

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  5. Unknown6 March 2018 at 11:24

    What are we going to eat then...😑😐 maybe they want us to become vegetarians😓🤕🙅.

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  6. Unknown6 March 2018 at 11:25

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  7. Nonopha Maquthu6 March 2018 at 11:27

    So what are we gonna eat? No ways, they're killing us now. I will continue eating my polony and my Vienna, I will stop eating them the day I die because of this "Listeriosis"

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  8. Andisiwe Buyeye6 March 2018 at 11:50

    Yooh! Jesus is coming, what are we going to eat then, I won't dump my food shame.

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  9. Unknown6 March 2018 at 13:17

    LOL his coming indeed, m also disapointed by this matter

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  10. Khanide Kulani6 March 2018 at 14:30

    Inđeed our lives are in danger because in 2 months back we were told that this disease is caused by eating unwashed fruit and vegetable and now most of the products have listeriosis and we are being informed at a later stage

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  11. Unknown7 March 2018 at 08:47

    I'm glad Tiger brands is taking corrective measures, but my question is if the government didn't find this would the have come out to claim responsibility

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  12. Khungo8 March 2018 at 03:12

    What is this ingredient used by Enterprise that causes this disease? By the look of things, we will end up eating bread and ubhubhudlo.

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  13. Unknown8 March 2018 at 06:29

    All I'm concerned about are the poeple who will lose thei jobs during this process, it's sad

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  14. Awogile Yolanda Gwantshu8 March 2018 at 11:31

    Atleast we get to find out about it early, so for us to be safe it's best to stay away from all the products affected.

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