OTTAWA - A variety of popular prepackaged smoked meat has been recalled over concerns the product might be contaminated with listeria, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency reported Tuesday.
One-kilogram pouches of Dunn's Famous Smoked Meat sold at Costcos throughout Atlantic Canada, Quebec, and Ottawa have been voluntarily recalled by the distributor, Les Salaisons Desco Inc. of Boisbriand, Que.
The pouches contain six 175-packets of smoked meat and bear the UPC 4 00007 55699 7.
The CFIA said that no illnesses have yet been linked to the consumption of the smoked meat.
A listeria outbreak at a Maple Leaf Foods plant in Toronto this summer claimed 20 lives across Canada. A further 33 cases of listeriosis have been linked to the tainted meat slicers used in the Toronto facility.
"For most people, the risk posed by listeria is very low. Healthy people who are exposed to listeria are rarely affected by the bacteria," the CFIA said.
"However, there are certain people who are at higher risk for listeriosis - infants, the elderly, pregnant women, and people with weakened immune systems."
One-kilogram pouches of Dunn's Famous Smoked Meat sold at Costcos throughout Atlantic Canada, Quebec, and Ottawa have been voluntarily recalled by the distributor, Les Salaisons Desco Inc. of Boisbriand, Que.The pouches contain six 175-packets of smoked meat and bear the UPC 4 00007 55699 7.
The CFIA said that no illnesses have yet been linked to the consumption of the smoked meat.
A listeria outbreak at a Maple Leaf Foods plant in Toronto this summer claimed 20 lives across Canada. A further 33 cases of listeriosis have been linked to the tainted meat slicers used in the Toronto facility.
"For most people, the risk posed by listeria is very low. Healthy people who are exposed to listeria are rarely affected by the bacteria," the CFIA said.
"However, there are certain people who are at higher risk for listeriosis - infants, the elderly, pregnant women, and people with weakened immune systems."
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