Listeria has been identified in ham shipped from Santa Maria Foods of Brampton, Ontario.
It was the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s
Food Safety and Inspection Service that spotted the contamination triggering a
recall of about 2,600 pounds of boneless ham prosciutto.
It’s reminiscent of the XL Foods Inc. recall of
beef contaminated with E. coli 0157:H7, also first identified by the Americans.
So far the Canadian Food Inspection Agency has
not said anything about the recall, but I expect it will say something soon.
The ham product was shipped to California and
Michigan for further distribution.
The U.S. recall applies to 50-pound boxes
produced Nov. 14 and 15.
The FSIS identified Listeria monocytogenes
during routine sampling for re-inspection of products that were supposed to
have been thoroughly inspected by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.
The Americans say neither they nor the company
have received any complaints about consumer illnesses arising from the
prosciutto ham.
