NATIONAL NEWS - The Health Department says it struggled to confirm the cause of the listeria outbreak because companies in the sector failed to provide samples as requested.
At least 180 people have died from listeriosis since the outbreak was detected early last year.
Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi revealed on Sunday that the disease has been traced back to Enterprise outlets in Polokwane and Germiston.
The department says it had long suspected that listeria was found in ready to eat meat products, but the meat processing industry did not co-operate for months in handing over samples.
“Had we got the ideal co-operation from the industry, we probably would have predicted the source of the disease pretty early.”
'We would have predicted listeriosis source early had industry cooperated'
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Posted on: 15:59 Mon, 05 March 2018
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