(from CTV's site)
OTTAWA -- Another recall has been issued involving meat from the Maple Leaf Foods packing plant in Toronto linked to a listeriosis outbreak that has killed at least 13 people.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is warning the public not to serve or consume Canex Maple Leaf Bologna with best before dates up to and including Oct. 10.
The CFIA says the bologna, a product recalled earlier by Maple Leaf, may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.
The affected bologna was sold in vacuum packed packages of various weights at Canex Retail Supermarket in Happy Valley-Goose Bay, N.L.
To date, there have been 38 confirmed cases of listeriosis.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper has promised to launch a broad, independent investigation into the listeriosis outbreak that has resulted in the recall of more than 200 products.
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Friday, September 05, 2008
Monday, August 25, 2008
Maple Leaf Cured Meats - Avoid Meats with 97B Next to Expiry Date
The number 97B represents the plant where the listeria-tainted cured meats were produced. Maple Leaf Foods issued a recall 
of all cured meats with that number. Avoid these meats, or throw them out if you already have them.
Other brand names may also have dangerous meats from the same source. They are: Schneiders, Hygrade, Parma, Hickory Farms, Shopsy's, Western Family, Artisan Collection, Compliments, Campfire, Overlander and Safeway (National Post). Restaurants like Mr. Sub, and MacDonalds, possibly Tim Horton's may also use Maple Leaf meats.
Listeria is a bacterium that obviously may be found in food. Preventing it is done by sanitizing food contact surfaces.
Already 4 people have died, 21 others are confirmed to have been infected by it, and more are being investigated. What's scary about this illness is that symptoms may not appear until 90 days after the meat had been consumed, and in most cases, 30 days. Symptoms include vomiting, nausea and diarrhea. Most peoples' immune systems can fight it off, but unfortunately some peoples' can't.
It's another wake up call to the meat industry, restaurants, and anyone handling meat, to be ever so cautionary when handling meat.
Update: 16 deaths have now been linked to the listeriosis outbreak.
of all cured meats with that number. Avoid these meats, or throw them out if you already have them. Other brand names may also have dangerous meats from the same source. They are: Schneiders, Hygrade, Parma, Hickory Farms, Shopsy's, Western Family, Artisan Collection, Compliments, Campfire, Overlander and Safeway (National Post). Restaurants like Mr. Sub, and MacDonalds, possibly Tim Horton's may also use Maple Leaf meats.
Listeria is a bacterium that obviously may be found in food. Preventing it is done by sanitizing food contact surfaces.
Already 4 people have died, 21 others are confirmed to have been infected by it, and more are being investigated. What's scary about this illness is that symptoms may not appear until 90 days after the meat had been consumed, and in most cases, 30 days. Symptoms include vomiting, nausea and diarrhea. Most peoples' immune systems can fight it off, but unfortunately some peoples' can't.
It's another wake up call to the meat industry, restaurants, and anyone handling meat, to be ever so cautionary when handling meat.
Update: 16 deaths have now been linked to the listeriosis outbreak.
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