Before you make that sandwich ...

Canadian Food Inspection Agency
News Release

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OTTAWA, July 31, 2010 - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and G. Brandt Meat Packers Ltd. are warning the public not to consume the ready-to-eat cooked meat products described below because they may be contaminated with foodborne pathogens.

All codes of the following products, bearing Establishment number 164, are affected by this alert:

Borges - Smoked Black Forest Style Ham

Brandt All Veal Bologna
All Veal Lyoner Sausage
All Veal Wiener
Bacon Wrapped Pork Loin
Bavarian Meat Loaf
Beerwurst Sausage
Black Forest Style Salami
Black Forest Style Turkey Breast
Blood Sausage
Blood Sausage Rings
Bologna Rings
Boris Sausage
Chef Style Roast Beef
Chicken, smoked (whole)
Classic Pannonia Ham Hungarian Style
Cooked All-Beef Salami
Cooked German Bratwurst
Cooked Ham (round)
Cooked Jellied Pork Tongue
Cooked Roast Beef
Csabai Sausage (mild)
Dutch Meat Loaf
Estonian Cooked Salami
Flat Smoked Turkey Breast
Gaenseleberwurst (Goose Meat and Pork Liver Pate)
Gammon Ham
Garlic Bologna
Glazed Cognac Pate
Glazed Liver Pate
Gourmet Liversausage with Herbs
Ham Kolbassa
Homemade Style Liversausage
Honey Maple Smoked Ham
Hot Pepperoni
Jagdwurst Sausage
Jalapeno Meat Pate
Jalapeno Sausage with Cheese
Jellied Beef Tongue
Kabanossa Sausage
Knackwurst
Kolbassa Meat Loaf
Kolbassa Sausage
Kosher Style Corned Beef
Krakovska Sausage
Landjaeger Sausage
Liversausage, coarse
Liversausage, fine
Meat Macaroni and Cheese Loaf
Meat Olive and Pimento Loaf
Mini Black Forest Style Ham
Mini Cheesewurst Sausage
Mini Cheesewurst Sausage (Farmer Style)
Mini Farmer Sausage
Montreal Style Smoked Meat
Muenchner Weisswurst Sausage
New York Style Pastrami
Oven Baked Glazed Liver Pate with Peppercorns
Pepper and Garlic Ham
Pepperoni
Pizza Meat Loaf with Cheese and Diced Peppers
Pizza Pepperoni
Polish Sausage
Polish Style Ham
Premium Garlic Roast Beef
Premium Kolbassa Sausage
Premium Oven Roast Chicken Breast
Premium Oven Roast Turkey Breast
Premium Smoked Boneless Pork Loin
Proscuitto Cotto Ham
Ruegenwalder Teewurst Sausage, fine
Sliced Turkey Pepperoni
Smoked Beef Tongues
Smoked Black Forest Style Ham
Smoked Chicken Breast
Smoked Chicken Legs
Smoked Farmer Sausage
Smoked Hungarian Csabai
Smoked Hungarian Farmer Sausage
Smoked Mini Farmer Sausages
Smoked Pig Ears
Smoked Pig Feet
Smoked Pig Tails
Smoked Pork Butt
Smoked Pork Hocks
Smoked Pork Jowls
Smoked Pork Loin, Bone-in
Smoked Pork Tongues
Smoked Side Bacon
Smoked Turkey Breast (rolls)
Smoked Veal Ribs
Spiced Ham Sausage
Summer Sausage
Summer Sausage (cooked)
Swiss Lyoner Sausage
Swiss Style Veal Bratwurst
Thueringer Sausage
Thueringer Sausage Homemade Style
Tongue and Blood Sausage
Turkey and Veal Sausage with Olives and Peppers
Turkey Drumsticks, smoked
Turkey Knackwurst
Turkey Kolbassa
Turkey Kolbassa Loaf
Turkey Pepperoni
Turkey Thighs, smoked
Vienna Cooked Salami Sausage
Westfalian Mettwurst Sausage
Wiener

Longo’s
Black Forest Ham
Black Forest Style Turkey Breast
Mini Black Forest Style Ham
Montreal Style Smoked Meat
Our Premium Smoked Chicken Breast
Oven Roasted Chicken Breast (nitrite free)
Oven Roasted Turkey Breast (nitrite free)
Premium Honey Maple Black Forest Ham
Sirloin Tip Roast Beef
Smoked Chicken Breast (nitrite free)

The Smoke Master Chicken, smoked (whole)
Turkey Thighs, smoked

The affected products have been distributed nationally.

These ready-to-eat cooked meat products may have been sold pre-packaged under the brands listed above. They may also have been sold at deli counters and the original brand or exact product name may not have been transferred to the consumer packages. Persons who may have purchased these products and do not know the original brand and/or product name are advised to check with their retailer or supplier to determine if they have the affected product.

There have been no reported illnesses associated with the consumption of these products.

Food contaminated with foodborne pathogens may not look or smell spoiled. Consumption of food contaminated with these organisms may cause foodborne illness, sometimes called food poisoning. Symptoms vary by organism, but can include nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, abdominal pain, fever, headache, dizziness and neck stiffness. Young children, pregnant women, the elderly and people with weakened immune systems may be more at risk.

The manufacturer, G. Brandt Meat Packers Ltd, Brampton, ON, is voluntarily recalling the affected products from the marketplace. The CFIA is monitoring the effectiveness of the recall.

For more information, consumers and industry can call one of the following numbers:

G. Brandt Meat Packers at 905-279-4469 ext. 227; or
CFIA at 1-800-442-2342 / TTY 1-800-465-7735 (8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Eastern time, Monday to Friday).

For information on the common causes of foodborne illness, visit the Food Facts web page at: http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/fssa/concen/causee.shtml.

For information on all food recalls, visit the CFIA’s Food Recall Report at: http://active.inspection.gc.ca/eng/corp/recarapp_dbe.asp.

To find out more about receiving recalls by e-mail, and other food safety facts, visit: www.foodsafety.gc.ca. Food and consumer product recalls are also available at http://www.healthycanadians.gc.ca.

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