Healthy Living Alliance: Study on political strategies of SA's food and...
In the first study of its kind, researchers have uncovered the variety of strategies used by the food and beverage industry in South Africa to negatively influence policies aimed at promoting health,...
View ArticleTiger Brands facing another listeriosis legal challenge
Tiger Brands is facing another legal challenge in the listeriosis class action lawsuit as its opponents haul the consumer goods company to court to force it to provide more information about its food...
View ArticleTiger Brands' listeriosis victims in legal limbo for 3 years
Food manufacturer Tiger Brands’ initial transparency and willingness to address legitimate claims by victims of the world's most lethal and larges listeriosis outbreak was short-lived, writes...
View ArticleSCA upholds listeriosis subpoena appeal against Tiger Brands
The Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) has upheld an appeal by commercial pathology laboratory Deltamune and others relating to the validity and enforceability of subpoenas in the listeriosis class action...
View ArticlePurity & Elizabeth Anne recall baby talcs after asbestos trace levels found
Some baby powder products have been recalled from shelves as a precautionary measure after trace levels of asbestos were detected in test samples, said Tiger Brands. The products include the 100g, 200g...
View ArticleNo date yet for SA withdrawal of J&J baby powder
Johnson & Johnson (J&J) still supplies SA retailers with its baby powder, more than two years after withdrawing it from US and Canadian shelves following litigation related to asbestos...
View ArticleChild’s health declines as Tiger Brands listeriosis case drags on
The parents of a baby who contracted listeriosis in her mother’s womb in 2017 are still awaiting finalisation of the class action case lodged against Tiger Brands more than four years ago, as the child...
View ArticleTiger Brands listeriosis class action still awaiting trial date
Litigation in the listeriosis class action suit will proceed later this year while parties continue to build their case against Tiger Brands, with nearly 70 more official affidavits added to the...
View ArticleListeriosis class action suit stalls
The class action litigation between Tiger Brands and affected South Africans has stalled, with both parties still in limbo as they await documents from the National Institute for Communicable Diseases...
View ArticleListeriosis victims still awaiting justice
Five years since a listeriosis outbreak in SA killed more than 200 people and caused severe illness in many others, human rights lawyers are still fighting for compensation for the victims from Tiger...
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