The market reacted to a statement Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi made on Sunday saying two unrelated polony brands — manufactured by Tiger Brands subsidiary Enterprise and RCL Foods subsidiary Rainbow Chicken — had been found to contain listeriosis.
Tiger Brands issued a statement on the JSE’s Sens service at 8.46am confirming that its Enterprise Foods subsidiary had been ordered to recall its polony, frankfurters and smoked Russian sausages.
CEO Lawrence MacDougall said on Sunday afternoon that the
group had undertaken a full national recall of the affected
Enterprise ready-to-eat meat product range.
The food producer did not provide any estimate of the financial cost of the recall and the suspension of operations at its Polokwane and Germiston facilities.
Tiger Brands said on Monday it was taking three measures to kill the listeria bacteria.
Firstly, it is fitting oxy-acid dosing units to its rotary coolers to provide a bacterium kill in the cooling water.