#Listeriosis has been traced to an Enterprise Foods facility in Polokwane
Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi announced on Sunday that the outbreak of listeriosis has been traced to an Enterprise Foods facility in Polokwane.
Listeria has been traced to another Enterprise facility in Germiston on the East Rand, and a Rainbow chicken facility in the Free State, but further tests were needed, according to news reports.
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“We can now conclude scientifically that the source of the present outbreak is the Enterprise Food production facility located in Polokwane,” he said at the offices of the National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD) in Johannesburg.
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THE SOURCE OF THE PRESENT OUTBREAK CAN BE CONFIRMED TO BE THE ENTERPRISE FOOD-PRODUCTION FACILITY IN POLOKWANE. The results show that ready-to-eat processed meat products from Enterprise facility located in Germiston contain L. monocytogenes, the sequence type is not known
— Department of Health (@HealthZA) March 4, 2018
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