"Enterprise shuts two factories, says no link showing its products caused deaths", 5 March 2018

Enterprise Foods has withdrawn all ready-to-eat meat products and has closed the two factories manufacturing these products‚ its parent company Tiger Brands said on Monday. However‚ Lawrence MacDougall‚ CEO of Tiger Brands‚ said there was no direct correlation between their products and the 180 deaths caused by the listeriosis outbreak...MacDougall said although the National Consumer Commission ordered Enterprise Foods on Sunday to remove three products from the shelves‚ the company had decided to be extra vigilant and voluntarily recall all products produced in its facilities in Germiston‚ Gauteng‚ and Polokwane in Limpopo...“We immediately suspended operations at both Enterprise manufacturing facilities in Polokwane and in Germiston...MacDougall said the cost of the withdrawal was at the company’s expense and that it was busy calculating the costs. He refused to take blame for the deaths that had been caused by listeriosis. “We have had no direct link yet between our products and the deaths.”