Kenya's health ministry on Tuesday announced a ban on the import and sale of certain South African processed meat products after a listeria outbreak that has killed at least 180 people. Kenya is the first country in East Africa to ban ready-to-eat meat products from South Africa that include polony, sliced ham and Frankfurter-style sausages. "In order to ensure the health of the public is protected and as a precautionary measure you are required to stop the importation and sale of these products" and recall those already on sale, the health ministry wrote in a note to country health officers.Mozambique, Namibia, Botswana, Zambia, Malawi, Swaziland and Zimbabwe have also blocked the import of the products, including those made by the Enterprise factory, owned by Tiger Brands - which was pinpointed as the source of the outbreak - and others made by Rainbow Chickens. Since January 2017, 948 people in South Africa have contracted listeriosis - a disease caused by bacteria from soil, wat...
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