Canwest News Service
OTTAWA – Just as barbecue-filled long weekends across Canada were coming to an end, Maple Leaf Foods issued a recall on a popular brand of hot dogs due to concerns they had been contaminated with listeria.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency, in a news release sent late Monday night, advised customers to throw out any of the following products, all made by Maple Leaf Foods:
Hygrade Wieners, sold in 450-gram packages with a best-before date of Sept. 16;
Shopsy’s Deli-Fresh All Beef Frankfurters (value pack), sold in 3 x 675-g packages with a best-before date of Sept. 17;
Deli-Fresh All Beef Frankfurters, sold in 450-g packages with best-before dates of Sept. 8 and Sept. 17;
Shopsy’s Deli-Fresh Regular Frankfurters, sold in 450-g packages with a best- before date of Sept. 8;
Maple Leaf Hot Dogs Original Wieners, sold in 450-g packages with best- before dates of Sept. 8 and Sept. 17;
Maple Leaf Top Dogs All Beef Wieners, sold in 450-g packges with best-before dates of Sept. 8 and Sept. 15;
Maple Leaf Top Dogs Original Wieners, sold in 450-g packages with best- before dates of Sept. 9, Sept. 10, and Sept. 15;
Maple Leaf Top Dogs Original Wieners BBQ Size, sold in 450-g packages with a best-before date of Sept. 9;
and Maple Leaf Top Dogs Wieners 33 % Less Fat, sold in 450-g packages with best-before dates of Sept. 8 and Sept. 15.
Listeria, a food-borne bacteria, can lead to listeriosis if contaminated meat is consumed, which can cause high fever, severe headache, neck stiffness and nausea.
The CFIA statement said there had not been any reported illnesses associated with the products in this recall. The wieners had been sold in stores nationally.
A listeriosis outbreak at a Maple Leaf Foods plant in Toronto last year was linked to the deaths of 22 Canadians and prompted an investigation into food inspection practices around the country.
The release said that “government and industry were able to pinpoint this potential problem as a result of the new mandatory testing and reporting requirements placed on industry in February 2009.”
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency, in a news release sent late Monday night, advised customers to throw out any of the following products, all made by Maple Leaf Foods:
Hygrade Wieners, sold in 450-gram packages with a best-before date of Sept. 16;
Shopsy’s Deli-Fresh All Beef Frankfurters (value pack), sold in 3 x 675-g packages with a best-before date of Sept. 17;
Deli-Fresh All Beef Frankfurters, sold in 450-g packages with best-before dates of Sept. 8 and Sept. 17;
Shopsy’s Deli-Fresh Regular Frankfurters, sold in 450-g packages with a best- before date of Sept. 8;
Maple Leaf Hot Dogs Original Wieners, sold in 450-g packages with best- before dates of Sept. 8 and Sept. 17;
Maple Leaf Top Dogs All Beef Wieners, sold in 450-g packges with best-before dates of Sept. 8 and Sept. 15;
Maple Leaf Top Dogs Original Wieners, sold in 450-g packages with best- before dates of Sept. 9, Sept. 10, and Sept. 15;
Maple Leaf Top Dogs Original Wieners BBQ Size, sold in 450-g packages with a best-before date of Sept. 9;
and Maple Leaf Top Dogs Wieners 33 % Less Fat, sold in 450-g packages with best-before dates of Sept. 8 and Sept. 15.
Listeria, a food-borne bacteria, can lead to listeriosis if contaminated meat is consumed, which can cause high fever, severe headache, neck stiffness and nausea.
The CFIA statement said there had not been any reported illnesses associated with the products in this recall. The wieners had been sold in stores nationally.
A listeriosis outbreak at a Maple Leaf Foods plant in Toronto last year was linked to the deaths of 22 Canadians and prompted an investigation into food inspection practices around the country.
The release said that “government and industry were able to pinpoint this potential problem as a result of the new mandatory testing and reporting requirements placed on industry in February 2009.”
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August 25, 2008
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August 25, 2008
Public health first, says head of Maple Leaf Foods.
The president and CEO of Maple Leaf Foods said Sunday he is determined to put public health first with a massive meat recall because of an outbreak of the potentially deadly bacterium Listeria monocytogenes at a Toronto plant that has claimed four lives and made dozens of others ill.
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