Copies of all reports and investigations complied between January 2017 and March 2018 in relation to the outbreak of listeria.
Reference number: SAH-2018-DOH-0001
Submitting organisation: South African History Archive (SAHA)
Requestee: Department of Health
Status: closed
Status note: Process concluded
Date submitted: March 16, 2018
Stage(s):
Initial request
Request description:
Copies of all reports and investigations complied between January 2017 and March 2018 in relation to the outbreak of listeria including, but not limited to:
1. A list of all and any companies that were investigated in connection with the outbreak of listeria, and the findings thereof;
2. A list of the companies that failed to comply or cooperate with government investigations and justifications put forward by such companies; and
3. Measures used to force compliance with government investigation; If there are no existing measures any proposals, strategies and policies that are currently being drafted to ensure compliance in the future.
Initial request communication
Communication sent
Submission of PAIA request SAH-2018-DOH-0001
Sent on: March, 16 2018
Failure to respond to PAIA request SAH-2018-DOH-0001 within statutory time frame
Sent on: April, 20 2018
Repeated failure to respond to PAIA request SAH-2018-DOH-0001 within statutory time frame
Sent on: April, 30 2018
Notice of intention to lodge internal appeal for PAIA request SAH-2018-DOH-0001
Sent on: May, 15 2018
Response received
Response date: 2018-04-23Response nature: Released in full
Received within statutory period: No
Released records
Record summary
A 5 page Directive to Municipalities regarding action on environmental health investigation and response issued on 5 March 2018, from the Director General of health. The document contains information details of directions given to municipalities on actions to be taken by Environmental Health Practitioners in terms of National Health Act, 2003 for the protection of public health. It also outlines how providers need to react and comply. Released in full to Promotion of Access to Information (PAIA) request SAH-2018-DOH-0001.
Total pages
5
SAHA CALL number
AL2878_B01.9.20