180 people killed in South Africa in what’s being called a world’s misfortune conflict of listeria

Several southern African countries have removed some processed meats from South Africa after a deaths of 180 people there from infested food given early final year.

The African News Agency reported Tuesday that Swaziland, Zambia and Mozambique are among nations that have systematic a dismissal of beef products believed to be contaminated.

South Africa’s health minister, Aaron Motsoaledi, says there have been a sum of 950 cases of listeriosis given Jan 2017 and that 180 people have died.

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The South African government is advising people to equivocate processed beef products that are sole as “ready-to-eat” and
identified a food bureau in a northeast city of Polokwane as a source of a outbreak.

The U.N. World Health Organization called a conflict a largest ever available globally, after 948 cases were reported given Jan 2017. Listeria causes flu-like symptoms, nausea, scour and infection of a blood tide and brain.

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