Tiger Brands working to pay listeriosis victims

Tiger Brands and victims' attorneys are working on ending the class action filed after listeriosis outbreaks in 2017 and 2018 that claimed at least 200 lives.

- Tshehla Cornelius Koteli

The attorneys said they and Tiger Brands were working to end class action as quickly as possible.

Their joint statement announced that advance payments would be made to people seeking interim assistance to address urgent medical needs while the class action continued.

"The parties are engaged in discussions to extend the relief to other qualifying claimants who are in a similar position."

This stems from Tiger Brands' announcement, in their update to shareholders in October last year, that it was in talks with the law firm representing the victims on relief for qualifying individuals with urgent medical needs, although liability had not yet been determined.