Freshouse Foods Ltd. of Mississauga is recalling Kirkland
Signature brand Grilled Chicken Breast Strips with a Best Before date of April
13 due to possible Listeria
contamination.
Kirkland is the Costco brand name.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says the chicken was in
stores in Ontario and all of the provinces to the East, but may have been
distributed nationally.
While the CFIA says there have been no reported illnesses,
it does advise people who have the chicken to throw it out.
The CFIA says “food contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes may not look or smell spoiled but can still
make you sick.
“Symptoms can include vomiting, nausea, persistent fever,
muscle aches, severe headache and neck stiffness.
“Pregnant women, the elderly and people with weakened immune
systems are particularly at risk.
“Although infected pregnant women may experience only mild,
flu-like symptoms, the infection can lead to premature delivery, infection of
the newborn or even stillbirth.
“In severe cases of illness, people may die.”
