The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has issued a warning to the public not to consume refrigerated cold smoked sockeye salmon trim products sold at three different stores in Vancouver, B.C. The warning was issued becyse the products may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.
The following products, sold refrigerated at various weights from February 16 to February 24 inclusively
Researchers at the University of British Columbia have reported on their study that found traces of listeria in 40 fish product samples “tested before their expiry date.”
The study was conducted UBC food microbiologist Kevin Allen and published in the journal Food Microbiology.
According to the Vancouver Sun:
The type of foods tested included lox, smoked
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is warning the public not to consume the refrigerated cold smoked sockeye salmon trim products described below because the products may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.
The following products, sold refrigerated at various weights from February 16 to February 24 inclusively, are affected by this alert:
The affected products
A report today detailed the call of Associate Professor Larry Goodrige of Colorado State University for famrers to take the lead on food safety. His words have particular importance in light of the fact that the deadliest outbreak of foodborne illness in U.S. history was traced to cantaloupes contaminted with Listeria grown in the state
The fatality count in the deadliest foodborne illness outbreak in U.S. history has been raised by the CDC. The Denver Post reports:
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday it has updated the death toll from Colorado’s cantaloupe listeria to 32, but the two added most recently occurred “well before” Dec. 8.
Mike Booth of the Denver Post is reporting on the tragic passing of Marler Clark client Mike Hauser, who died today of complications of the listeria infection he had been suffering from since September. Mr. Hauser was one of 146 confirmed cases nationwide linked to cantaloupe grown and distributed by Jensen Farms and Frontera Produce.
The Listeria contamination traced to a Colorado cantaloupe farm was the worst foodborne illness outbreak in nearly a century, and yet the Food and Drug Administration is still struggling to get a handle on how to prevent another outbreak while Congress keeps cutting the agency’s funding.
The Listeria outbreak shows that government oversight of food
IP INTERNATIONAL GROUP LLC, 160 Raritan Center Parkway #6, Edison, NJ 08837 is expanding its recall of sliced herring fillet (forelka) 330 gram and 600 gram in plastic packaging due to Listeria contamination. Listeria monocytogenes is an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others
Earlier this week, the Grand Strand Sandwich Co. recalled approximately 2,800 chicken salad sandwiches due to “concerns about possible listeria contamination” according to the Washington Post.
The company is based in Longs, South Carolina. The sandwiches were distributed in the company’s home state as well as North Carolina and Virginia. The involved products were: Grand Strand
As announced earlier this week, Michael Foods of Minnesota has recalled over one million eggs in 34 states after testing revealed that some of the “hard cooked” eggs may be contaminated with listeria. An FDA announcement lists the states: AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MI, MN, MO