Saturday, February 18, 2012

Massive burger recall



New Food Classics of Burlington is recalling burgers from across Canada, including No-Name Club Pack burgers marketed through a number of Loblaws-owned supermarket chains.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says the burgers may be contaminated with E. coli 0157:H7 and may not look or smell spoiled.

The Loblaws chains that carry the product as Club Pack Beef Steakettes.

In Ontario they are marketed through Loblaws-owned Cash&Carry/RCWC Ontario Corporate stores, Extra Foods, Freshmart, Loblaws Great Food, no frills, Real Canadian Superstore, SuperValu, Superstore, Your Independent Grocer and Shop Easy.

The recall also involves The Country Morning Beef Burgers distributed across Western Canada via COOP and TGP grocery stores.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says there has been one illness associated with this product.
E. coli 0157:H7 can make people very sick; some people die, as happened in Walkerton where the drinking water was contaminated with this poison-producing bacteria.

The CFIA says on its website that “symptoms include severe abdominal pain and bloody diarrhoea. Some people may have seizures or strokes and some may need blood transfusions and kidney dialysis. Others may live with permanent kidney damage. In severe cases of illness, people may die.”

The CFIA does not say how many kilograms of products are involved in the recall.
It issued the first alert at mid-afternoon Saturday, Feb. 18, the start of a Monday-holiday weekend.

The no name Loblaws products are :
no name Club Pack Beef Steakettes2.27kg0 60383 01321 9BB 2012 AL 10 EST 761


The Country Morning Beef Burgers are:

Country Morning Beef Burgers1kg0 57316 02941 652841 EST 761
62841 EST 761
72841 EST 761
82841 EST 761.


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