Sunday, October 27, 2013

Listeria in Reser’s salads

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is watching over a massive recall of dozens of Reser’s Fine Foods Inc.’s salads because of potential contamination with Listeria monocytogenes food-poisoning bacteria.

The recall which began Oct. 21 has expanded daily.

The products were made at the company’s plant in Topeka, Kansas. The company’s head office is in Beaveton, Oregon.

The recall has mounted to 109,000 cases of products, including all that contain chicken, ham or beef.

So far there have been no reports of illnesses across Canada or the United States, but officials caution that symptoms could show up as long as two months after eating contaminated product.

The recall includes potato, egg, macaroni, four bean and chicken salads and cole slaw. All are marketed under the Reser’s Fine Foods label.

The CFIA and the company are warning the public to not eat these products.

A listing of the specific products, identified by best-before dates on the packaging, is on the CFIA website at http://inspection.gc.ca/about-the-cfia/newsroom/food-recalls