WITH the announcement by Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi earlier this week that the listeriosis outbreak in South Africa is over, the price of processed meats is set to return to pre-outbreak levels.
The outbreak, which occurred around April this year, affected the prices of processed meats.
The minister updated the media on the country’s efforts to combat the listeriosis outbreak at the National Health Laboratory in Johannesburg on Monday, 3 September.
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He said no new cases were reported in the past three months. At the beginning of the outbreak scientists said that it would be difficult to find the source, but they managed to trace it. To date, R12 million was spent during the response period to deal with the outbreak.
Motsoaledi announced that it was now safe to eat meat products, and the department would continue to monitor the outbreak.
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Bluff Meat Supply co-owner, Calven Robinson commented on the price of processed meat since the outbreak up until now.
“When listeriosis broke out, our demand decreased so the prices of our processed meat did too. However, now demand has returned to the same as before, and so have our prices,” he said.
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