Monday, January 20, 2025

Salmonella sickens 61 mini pastries consumers


 

The Public Health Agency of Canada said 61 cases of salmonella, including 17 that have required hospitalization, have been linked to recalled mini pastries.


The agency said the Sweet Cream brand mini pastries have been distributed at bakeries, hotels, restaurants, cafeterias, hospitals, retirement residences, and have been served at catered events.


A statement said 33 cases are in Quebec, 21 in Ontario, four in British Columbia, two in Alberta and one in New Brunswick.


The public-health agency said people who got sick range in age from three to 88 and 61 per cent of them are female.


A notice issued by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said the recall covers Sweet Cream mini patisserie four-kilogram boxes and one-kilogram trays with best before dates from June 17, 2025, up to and including Nov. 15, 2025.