Where has all the dodgy polony gone? Here’s a concrete answer
So now we know what SA’s not-fit-for-consumption polony is good for — cement. Having recalled its entire range of Enterprise and Snax processed meats in the wake of the Health Department’s revelation that its Polokwane plant was the source of SA’s deadly listeriosis outbreak‚ Tiger Brands had a mountain of potentially lethal processed meat to get rid of. A paragraph in the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) report gave a hint as to what happened to all that "condemned" processed meat: "As of 29 May‚ 2‚670 tonnes of recalled Enterprise and Snax products have been destroyed by thermal or landfill‚ according to certificates provided by Department of Environmental Affairs officials." Probed for more information on "thermal and landfill" means of destruction (burnt and buried?) the NICD officials referred Times Select to the Department of Environmental Affairs. An official who asked not to be named said: "The products have either been sent for treatment at a licensed hea...
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