Abattoir closed after listeriosis health scare
The Gauteng department of health has closed down the Sovereign Foods abattoir in Tshwane after food samples linked to a case of listeriosis had been traced to a Pretoria shop the abattoir supplies, The Citizen reports.
However, Sovereign Foods has challenged the findings of the laboratory tests on the samples, claiming independent tests on samples from the same batch had proved negative.
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The health department has called on the public and private sector to cooperate with environmental health officers in contact tracing of (mainly chicken products) food contaminated with the listeria monocytogenes pathogens based on positive diagnosis of listeriosis patients.
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Gauteng health MEC Dr Gwen Ramokgopa asked Tshwane residents to work with officials to try and contain the disease while the Tshwane District Environmental Health Professionals has sought advice from the department following threat of litigation by Sovereign Foods.
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