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TIGER BRANDS LIMITED - Results of Independent Tests

Release Date: 25/04/2018 17:14
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Results of Independent Tests

TIGER BRANDS LIMITED
“Tiger Brands” or “the Company”
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)
(Registration number 1944/017881/06)
Share code: TBS
ISIN: ZAE000071080


Results of Independent Tests carried out in respect of the
presence of Listeria monocytogenes ST6 type (“LST6”)

Shareholders are referred to the SENS announcement issued by
the Company on 5 March 2018, relating to an order issued by
the National Consumer Commission for the Company to conduct a
recall of certain identified Enterprise products. In that
announcement, it was stated that in a batch of one of its
products tested by the Company on 14 February 2018, the
presence of the ST6 strain could not be confirmed and that the
relevant samples had been sent to an external laboratory for
the identification of the strain. The test results were
received on 15 March 2018, but these had proved inconclusive
and, as a result, the samples were sent for further re-
testing.

The purpose of this announcement is to update shareholders on
the results of the independent laboratory re-testing which was
carried out in respect of the presence of LST6 in the above
samples which were manufactured at the Enterprise Polokwane
processing facility. On 24 April 2018, Tiger Brands received
confirmation of the presence of LST6 in these samples.

As reported previously, we have been actively engaging with
the Department of Health and the National Institute of
Communicable Diseases on our findings and will continue to
collaborate with them on the actions taken to date to actively
address our findings.

The Enterprise facilities in Polokwane, Pretoria and Germiston
still remain closed while remedial work continues. An
arrangement has been concluded between Pork Packers (which is
based in Clayville) and our pig suppliers to contract
slaughter on their behalf with effect from 2 May 2018.

Bryanston
25 April 2018

Sponsor
J.P. Morgan Equities South Africa Proprietary Limited

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