South Africa's biggest food manufacturer says it's immediately recalling about 20 million KOO and Hugo's canned vegetable products over safety concerns due to potentially defective cans.

South Africa’s biggest food manufacturer says it’s immediately recalling about 20 million KOO and Hugo’s canned vegetable products over safety concerns due to potentially defective cans.

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26 July 2021

Tiger Brands says the issue with the cans, which is a deficient side seam weld that could cause the cans to leak, was initially discovered in May at one of its facilities. The cans came from a supplier.

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