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Tiger Brands has yet to see any evidence linking its meat products directly to the deaths of 180 people in a virulent listeriosis outbreak, chief executive Lawrence MacDougall said at press conference, on Monday
“There is no direct link with the deaths to the products, that we are aware of at this point,” MacDougall told journalists.
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After a two hour meeting on Monday, management told workers that the factory would be closed until further notice.
Consumers who had gathered outside the factory’s shop on the outskirts of the CBD, to return affected products, expressed concern that they would not be refunded after they found a notice stating the premises would stay closed.
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Although South Africa is far from winning its war on Listeriosis, the source of the outbreak was identified this weekend. It may just prove to be crucial in attempts to contain the disease.
So far, the bacterial infection has claimed 180 lives in the last 14 months, and there have been 948 cases reported to health authorities. Gauteng is the most severely affected area, with more than half of cases nationwide occurring in the province.
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Manufacturer of fast-moving consumer goods, Tiger Brands, today refused to take responsibility for the outbreak of food-borne listeriosis in the country, denying any direct links between the deaths of 180 people and its products.
At a press conference in Johannesburg on Monday afternoon, Tiger Brands chief executive Laurence MacDoughall said that consumer safety was of paramount importance to the company, hence it had decided to embark on a voluntary recall of its products as part of corrective steps in response to the health department identifying processed meats as one of the sources of the food-borne virus.
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Twenty-nine deaths have occurred in the province since early last year.
The provincial health department says that 88 of the cases were picked up in the Cape Town metro.
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North West health boss Thabo Lekalakala is still in his job‚ despite a recommendation by the provincial legislature that he be suspended immediately for his role in a premature R30-million payment to a Gupta-linked company.
Lekalakala is so far the only man who may be taking the fall for the multi-million rand advance payment to Mediosa‚ a company supplying mobile clinics
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The South African Human Rights Commission has subpoenaed the Minister of Social Development‚ Bathabile Dlamini.
The subpoena is in relation to the Commission’s National Investigative Hearing on the Status of Mental Health Care in South Africa‚ which was held on November 14-15 last year‚ 2017.
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Livingstone radiation machine faulty.
Livingstone Hospital’s oncology service is under siege, with some 300 cancer patients waiting for up to five months to access life-saving treatment because its only radiation machine frequently breaks down.
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JOHANNESBURG – North West Premier Supra Mahumapelo has warned the province’s legislature not to blur the lines when instructing his office about the Health Department’s HOD.
The Legislature’s Committee on Health and the Standing Committee on Public Accounts (Scopa) have asked the health MEC and premier to suspend HOD Thabo Lekalakala following fraud allegations.
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