Tiger Brands said in March it had received notice of two class action suits against the firm
JOHANNESBURG, April 25 (Reuters) - South Africa's Tiger Brands, which faces two
The government, which has been criticised for taking too long to find the cause, in March linked the outbreak to a meat product known as "polony" made by Tiger's Enterprise Food in the northern city of Polokwane.
"On 24 April 2018, Tiger Brands received confirmation of the presence of LST6 in these samples," it said in a statement.
In March the company stated that in a batch of one of its products tested by it in February, the presence of the ST6 strain could not be confirmed and the relevant samples had been sent to an external laboratory for the identification of the strain.
The test results were received on March 15, but these had proved inconclusive and as a
The samples were manufactured at the Enterprise Polokwane processing facility, which has since been closed along with other three sites in South Africa, which produce polony, and other cold meats.
Tiger Brands said in March it had received notice of two class action suits against the firm, with the total claimed against the company estimated at 425 million
($1 = 12.4626 rand)
(Reporting by Nqobile Dludla, Editing by William Maclean)
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