02 JUL

212 people are dead and hundreds more are seriously ill in the largest listeria outbreak in history

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  • A food-poisoning outbreak has killed 212 people and sickened hundreds more. 
  • A South African meat-production plant was the root of the listeria outbreak. 
  • The incident is the largest listeria outbreak ever detected, according to the World Health Organization. 

A food-poisoning outbreak has killed more than 200 people.

212 people have died in a listeria outbreak stemming from a meat-production plant in Polokwane, South Africa. The country’s National Institute for Communicable Diseases has confirmed more than 1,000 cases of listeriosis since the outbreak began in January.

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