Tag Archives: British Columbia

Canada – CFIA – Caramel Apple Issue Spreads – Listeria monocytogenes

CFIA

Industry is recalling Happy Apples brand Caramel Apples from the marketplace due to possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination. Consumers should not consume the recalled products described below.

The following products, made in the United States (US), are known to have been sold in British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan and may have also been distributed in other provinces and territories. These products may also have been purchased in the US.

Recalled products

Brand Name Common Name Size Code(s) on Product UPC
Happy Apples Caramel Apples – all varieties All All best use by dates between August 25 and November 23, 2014*
*Based on the “best use by date”, it is more likely that these products would be found in consumers’ homes rather than at retail.
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Canada Recall – Caesar Salad products recalled due to Listeria

CFIA Eurofins Food Testing UK

Safeway and Buy-Low Foods are recalling Caesar salad products from the marketplace due to possible Listeria contamination. Consumers should not consume the recalled products described below.

The products shown in the link above have been sold in Alberta and British Columbia (Buy-Low Foods and Nesters Market) and in Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario and Saskatchewan (Safeway and St. Martin’s Family Foods).

Canada . Ecoli O157 Outbreak Update

E.coli Blog

The Public Health Agency of Canada, along with its health and food safety partners, is investigating 27 confirmed cases of E. coli O157:H7 illness; 12 in British Columbia, 10 in Alberta, 2 in Saskatchewan, 2 in Manitoba and 1 in Quebec.

These individuals became ill between mid-July and late-September.  There has been one death.

Certain contaminated cheese products manufactured by Gort’s Gouda Cheese Farm in Salmon Arm, British Columbia, have been identified as the source of the illnesses. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has issued a Health Hazard Alert warning the public not to consume the affected product.