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Food manufacturer Tiger Brands has announced the recall of 20 million canned KOO and Hugo vegetable brands due to a leak.
Western Cape Premier Alan Winde says over 3000 jobs will be saved at the Langeberg and Ashton Food (LAF) cannery in the Boland.
Winde says the food company Tiger Brands recently informed him that they had concluded a business agreement to facilitate its exit from its deciduous canned fruit business.
The business will be sold to a consortium comprising partners with vested interests in LAF, its employees, and the region.
Winde says the agreement will also safeguard the jobs of farmworkers across the Langeberg area.
The Executive Mayor, Alderman Schalk van Eeden, extends his warmest wishes to the new owners on the successful acquisition of Langeberg & Ashton Foods in Ashton. pic.twitter.com/v4uabOoTOR
— Langeberg Municipality (@Langeberg_Muni) May 19, 2025
