Tiger Brands was implicated in the world 's largest listeriosis outbreak in March 2018 when polony produced at a factory in Polokwane ‚ Limpopo by its subsidiary company , Enterprise Foods , was found to be the source of the outbreak by the South African National Institute for Communicable Diseases and announced by the Minister of Health . The outbreak caused the deaths of 164 people and infected a further 872 people by 24 February 2018 . By 5 March 2018 a total of 180 people were thought to have died from the outbreak . Tiger Brands stated that they had been presented with no evidence of their facility being the cause of the outbreak . Following the announcement by the Minister of Health the company 's stock price dropped by 7 % resulting in R5 .7 bn ( US$ 438.69 million ) reduction in market capitalisation
world 's largest
2017–18 South African listeriosis outbreak
Tiger Brands