Enterprise Foods’ canning section declared safe; opens for business
Ready-to-cook products, such as bacon and frozen sausages will soon return to the shelves following the opening of its Enterprise Foods factory in Germiston.
POLOKWANE – Tiger Brands’ Enterprise Food factory in Polokwane received a certificate of acceptability regarding health standards from the Capricorn District Municipality that allows it to resume the canning of Enterprise food products, and production thereof.
Tiger Brands’ Nevashnee Naicker said structural refurbishments continue in the remaining units at the Polokwane facility. These are expected to be completed by early November‚ after which the Department of Health will conduct its assessments before the factory could be fully opened again.
Ready-to-cook products, such as bacon and frozen sausages will soon return to the shelves following the opening of its Enterprise Foods factory in Germiston.
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Salami production will also commence, however, the production of all ready-to-eat chilled processed meat products still remains suspended at this stage. The company will resume production of ready-to-eat chilled processed meats once refurbishments at its Polokwane facility have been concluded and the necessary assessments have been completed by the Department of Health, which is planned for November.
In addition to the industry safety standards for the production of ready-to-eat processed meats, Enterprise Foods is providing assurance of product safety to all its consumers through its seven-step quality check process. This creates transparency to consumers across the entire farm-to-table value chain in the production of quality meat products. These details will appear on-pack, as well as on the Enterprise Foods website.
Tiger Brands closed three facilities in March after the National Consumer Commission ordered it to recall its polony‚ Frankfurters and smoked Russians sold under its Enterprise brand.
It is seven months after the world’s biggest listeriosis outbreak led health officials to find the Polokwane plant as the source thereof. Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi on 3 September declared the outbreak over.
Some1 065 cases were confirmed, 87 of which emerged after the recall of products in March and 218 recorded deaths ascribed to listeriosis. The lawyers representing victims are set to approach the Johannesburg High Court to have the class action against the company certified this month. With respect to progress on the legal claims that the company may face, Tiger Brands confirmed that its legal representatives have been working closely with the attorneys for the class action to help certify it.
“As a company, we remain committed to acting with integrity, honesty and transparency, and placing consumers at the heart of our decisions,” said Tiger Brands CEO, Lawrence Mac Dougall.
