Saturday, October 26, 2013

CFIA issues “preventive recall”


The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has, for the first time, issued a “preventive recall”.

It’s for white and chocolate milks processed by Agropur and sold from its Natrel division under the Québon brand name.

The recall applies to milk with expiry dates for Nov. 1, 2 and 3.

Agropur Cooperative issued a news release, but did not specify what’s wrong with the milk.

The CFIA has posted Agropur’s news release on its website, including the claim that “there have been no reported illnesses associated with this product,” but there have been consumer complaints.

Agropur is asking consumers to return the milk to retailers and says it is “sorry for the trouble and inconvenience this may cause.”

This ranks as the strangest CFIA food recall I've ever seen. There's something wrong, folks, but we're not telling what it is. And there have been no reports of illnesses. Hmmmm.