Be careful with frozen, breaded chicken products!
Sofina Foods Inc. is recalling Janes brand Pub Style Chicken Burgers because of possible Salmonella contamination.
It is the ninth product on recall after an investigation began a year and a half ago using whole genome sequencing technology which can trace the specific strain of Salmonella involved in an illness.
All of the products on recall are frozen, breaded chicken. The Public Health Agency of Canada is repeating advice to cook these products thoroughly to kill harmful bacteria.
As of October 26, 2018, there have been 474 laboratory-confirmed cases of Salmonella illness investigated as part of the illness outbreaks across the country: British Columbia (38), Alberta (70), Saskatchewan (17), Manitoba (22), Ontario (166), Quebec (107), New Brunswick (25), Nova Scotia (12), Prince Edward Island (two), Newfoundland and Labrador (11), Northwest Territories (one), Yukon (one), and Nunavut (two).
There have been 90 people hospitalized as part of these outbreaks.
Three individuals have died, however, Salmonella was not the cause of death for two of them and it was not determined whether Salmonella contributed to the cause of death for the third person.
The people infected were of various ages and genders.
