Health officials in South Africa say there are now more than 1,000 laboratory-confirmed listeriosis cases tied to the Enterprise Foods production facility at Polokwane with 55 of those cases reported after the tainted ready-to-eat processed meats were recalled on March 4. More than half of those cases occurred in Gauteng…
The World Health Organization (WHO) says it is supporting 16 African nations in preparing for listeriosis outbreaks since South Africa’s began – and is now threatening other countries on the continent. Nearly 200 South Africans have died since January 2017 as a result of contaminated meat products that are popular…
Concerns over listeria contamination in South Africa have spilled into neighboring Namibia, where the operator of the country’s Pick n Pay stores announced Monday it was removing products tied to the outbreak from its shelves. “We believe that the impact of the recall on the Namibian market is not as…