South African researchers have warned about the risk of another outbreak after a study found Listeria in the beef sector.
The study was conducted by scientists at the University of Pretoria (UP) in 2019 and
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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
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
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
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
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
“They took away something that I was waiting for almost eight years of my life.”
Over the course of their first eight years of marriage, South African Thenjiwe Dodo and her husband tried to have
Continue Reading South African mother loses newborn to listeriosis in 2018 Tiger brand polony outbreak
A South African woman has spoken out about how her newborn baby spent the first 12 days of his life in hospital because of a Listeria infection that was part of the country’s largest ever
Continue Reading Mother shares baby’s battle against Listeria
Over 1,000 sickened with over 200 dead from Listeria tainted polony. I have the honor to be working with counsel in South Africa – See Listeria Class Action. See also recent video update done by
Continue Reading Publisher’s Platform: Three years after world’s largest Listeria Outbreak justice has yet to be served
A final year high school student had to prepare for his exams from a hospital bed while recovering from listeriosis.
Meshack Mahlngu fell ill in late 2017 during South Africa’s Listeria outbreak — a week
Continue Reading Listeria infection left pupil studying for exams from hospital
A man who was sickened in South Africa’s Listeria outbreak has described how his life fell apart after getting ill.
Joseph Kadango, who lives in Johannesburg, spent months in hospital after becoming infected, lost his
Continue Reading Listeria outbreak survivor shares impact of illness
