The Gauteng Health Department says it has put contingency plans in place after hospital food supplies from the Masakhane Cook Freeze factory were stopped .
This follows the discovery of e.coli contamination in the factorys water supply during a City of Tshwane inspection.
The factory supplies meals to several major hospitals, including Charlotte Maxeke, Odi, Tshwane District, Bronkhorstspruit, Jubilee, and Lenasia South.