Massive deli-meat reacall

Canadian Food Inspection Agency
News Release

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OTTAWA - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and Maple Leaf Consumer Foods are warning the public not to serve or consume the ready-to-eat deli meat products described below because these products may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.

The following ready-to-eat meat products bearing an Est. # 97B are affected by this alert.

McDonald’s
Sliced Cooked Turkey Breast / Tranches de Poitrine de Dinde Cuites
2.84 Kg
6 X 470g
10063100263659
Product code - 26365
All Best Before Dates up to and including - 08SE 30

Schneiders
Bavarian smokies /Smokies Bavarois
8 Kg
8 X 1Kg
0 64844 02105 8
Product code - 02106
All Best Before Dates up to and including - 08OC 28

Schneiders
Cheddar smokies /Smokies Cheddar
8 Kg
8 X 1Kg
0 64844 02124 9
Product code - 02126
All Best Before Dates up to and including- 08OC 28

ML Sure Slice
Roast Beef / Rosbif
3 Kg
3 X 1Kg
10063100213333
Product code - 21333
All Best Before Dates up to and including- 08SE 30

ML Sure Slice
Combo Pack / Combo Pack
3 Kg
3 X 1Kgg
10063100213883
Product code - 21388
All Best Before Dates up to and including - 08SE 30

Deli Gourmet

Roast Beef slices / Tranches de Rôti de Boeuf cuit, assaisoné
6 Kg
6 X 1Kg
10000000602430
Product code - 60243
All Best Before Dates up to and including - 08SE 30

MR SUB
Seasoned Cooked Roast Beef / Rosbif Cuit Assaissoné
6 Kg
2 X 500g
10063100023567
Product code - 02356
All Best Before Dates up to and including - 08OC 07

MSD
Roast Beef, Seasoned and Cooked / Rosbif Cuit et Assaisonné
3 Kg
6 X 500g
10063100427068
Product code -42706
All Best Before Dates up to and including - 08OC 07

ML Sure Slice
Turkey Breast Roast / Rôti de Poitrine de Dinde
3 Kg
3 X 1 kg
10063100213340
Product code- 21334
All Best Before Dates up to and including - 08OC 14

ML Sure Slice
Sure Slice Corned Beef / Boeuf Salé
3 Kg
3 X 1 kg
10063100214446
Product code - 21444
All Best Before Dates up to and including - 08OC 14

MSD
Montreal Style Corned Beef /Boeuf Salé a la Montréalaise
3 Kg
6 X 500g
10063100449381
Product code - 44938
All Best Before Dates up to and including - 08OC 14

ML Sure Slice
Black Forest Style Smoked Ham / Jambon Fumé Genre Fôret-Noire
3 Kg
3 X 1 Kg
10063100214408
Product code - 21440
All Best Before Dates up to and including - 08OC 21

ML Sure Slice
Salami /Salami
3 Kg
3 X 1 Kg
10063100214477
Product code - 21447
All Best Before Dates up to and including - 08OC 21

ML Sure Slice
Sliced Smoked Ham /Jambon Fumé en tranches
3 Kg
3 X 1 Kg
10063100213319
Product code -21331
All Best Before Dates up to and including - 08OC 21

Schneiders
Deli Shaved Corned Beef / Boeuf Salé Deli Émincé
1.6 Kg
8 X 200g
0 62000 48019 0
Product code- 48019
All Best Before Dates up to and including - 08OC 21

Schneiders
Schneiders Deli Shaved Smoked Meat /Viande Fumée Deli Émincé
1.6 Kg
8 X 200g
0 62000 48020 6
Product code - 48020
All Best Before Dates up to and including - 08OC 21

Schneiders
Deli Shaved Smoked Ham / Jambon Fumé Deli Émincé
1.6 Kg
8 X 200g
0 62000 48016 9
Product code - 48016
All Best Before Dates up to and including - 08OC 21

Schneiders
Deli Shaved Smoked Turkey Breast / Poitrine de Dinde Fumée Émincé
1.2 Kg
8 X 150g
0 62000 48018 3
Product code - 48018
All Best Before Dates up to and including - 08OC 21

Schneiders
Deli Shaved Fully Cooked Smoked Honey Ham /Jambon Fumé au Miel Tout Cuit Émincé
1.6 Kg
8 X 200g
0 62000 48017 6
Product code- 48017
All Best Before Dates up to and including - 08OC 21

Burns
Bites Pepperoni / Pepperoni de Bites
6 Kg
12 X 500g
0 63100 21360 2
Product code - 21360
All Best Before Dates up to and including - 09JA 01

ML
Turkey Breast Roast / Rôti de Poitrine de Dinde
12 Kg
12 X 1 Kg
10063100991583
Product code - 99158
All Best Before Dates up to and including -08SE 30

FS
Roast Beef Cooked , Seasoned /Rosbif Cuit, Assaisoné
10 Kg
4 X 2.5 Kg
10064875713301
Product code - 71330
All Best Before Dates up to and including - 08SE 30

FS
Corned Beef, Smoked Meat /Boeuf Salé, Viande Fumée
10 Kg
4 X 2.5 Kg
10064875713318
Product code - 71331
All Best Before Dates up to and including - 08SE 30

These products have been distributed nationally, primarily to food service institutions such as restaurants, hospitals and nursing homes. In addition, these products may also be sold at retail and deli counters.

A number of the affected products described above are part of a listeriosis outbreak investigation. The investigation is ongoing and no direct link has been made between the affected products and human illness. However, the manufacturer, Maple Leaf Consumer Foods, has initiated a voluntary recall of all products that may be implicated in the outbreak investigation. The CFIA is working with the Public Health Agency of Canada and provincial public authorities to confirm the source of the illnesses.

Food contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes may not look or smell spoiled. Consumption of food contaminated with this bacteria may cause listeriosis, a foodborne illness. Listeriosis can cause high fever, severe headache, neck stiffness and nausea. Pregnant women, the elderly and people with weakened immune systems are particularly at risk. Infected pregnant women may experience only a mild, flu-like illness, however, infections during pregnancy can lead to premature delivery, infection of the newborn, or even stillbirth.

The manufacturer, Maple Leaf Consumer Foods, Burlington, ON, is voluntarily recalling the affected products from the marketplace. The CFIAis monitoring the effectiveness of the recall.

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

Maple Leaf Consumer Foods at 1-800-568-5801;

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 Listeria monocytogenes, visit the Food Facts web page at http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/fssa/concen/causee.shtml.

For information on receiving recalls by e-mail, or for other food safety facts, visit our web site at www.inspection.gc.ca.

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