Running sewage from outside Mayibuye Primary School. The SAHRC says its assessment of the Mayibuye Primary School in Midrand shows no proof it is built on a wetland.It says the running sewage from outside the school that is spilling inside its premises needs to be sorted out urgently. Foul odours are emanating from the area where…
A look inside the Cape Town convention centre transformed into an 850-bed hospitalMauchline said the necessary protocols will be followed, adding that the school will be cleaned and sanitised. Those who had been in close contact with the infected person will need to self-isolate for 14 days, added Mauchline. News24 reported the department is mapping ways to ensure…
For 20 years I have been saying some version of the same thing about leafy greens and cattle. Water runs downhill. Cows poop. Lettuce grows at the bottom of the hill. Now FDA’s own scientists have put real numbers on it, and they deserve credit for doing it. A new paper in the Journal of Food
Published: November 08, 2026, 8:00 am Quick bites from around the food safety arena this week Infant formula maker ByHeart has “discontinued” manufacturing its products after getting caught up in an outbreak of infant botulism. ByHeart’s founders started a new company, MeridianMade, earlier this year and announced in late October that it would purchase Dublin-based
Published: November 07, 2026, 9:48 pm The County of San Luis Obispo Department of Public Health is wrapping up its investigation into an outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 infections linked to Brookshire Farms in San Luis Obispo. Fifteen people are included in the outbreak – five who were laboratory confirmed. The county previously reported that