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Canada Listeria Recall Timeline (Updates Ongoing)
by Terri Potratz | October 28, 2008 at 02:24 pm
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Check back here for continued timeline updates on Canada listeria food recalls as they occur.
Be sure to visit NowPublic.com's Food Safety channel for more information on health consumer awareness, and the Listeria channel for more detailed news stories regarding the events below.
November 3
- Mariposa Meats Old Style Thin Sliced Honey Ham
October 26
- Deli roast beef and sandwiches sold in Atlantic Canada stores
- William Davids roast beef sandwiches
October 22
- Roast beef sold at Ontario deli counters
- Savco sandwiches
- Oickles tasty bites sandwiches
October 20
October 7
September 27
September 18
- Smith Snacks Products
- Hygaard Sandwiches
- Maple Leaf Plant reopens in Toronto after extensive sanitation
September 12
- Private Recipe Creamed Salmon frozen entree
- Ivanhoe cheese recall list expanded and updated
September 10
- Merit Selection Delicatessen Cooked Extra Lean Ham
- Ivanhoe cheese recall expanded to include more products
- 14 listeriosis deaths to date
September 5
- Store-made party trays, sandwiches at risk
- Fresh 2 Go products
- Slicing equipment at Toronto Maple Leaf plant suspected source of listeria contamination
September 3
- Ivanhoe cheese products
- 13th death due to listeriosis outbreak
- September 1
- August 28
- Ready-to-eat deli meat products sold across Canada
- Big Glen Sandwiches sold in vending machines in Eastern Ontario
- Oven roasted turkey breast at 2 White House Meats locations in Toronto
- Maple Leaf listeriosis death toll reaches 8
- August 27
- Kirkland Signature platters sold in Costco stores across Canada
- Ham and salami sandwiches sold at Sobeys, Foodland and IGA in Ontario
- August 26
- Fresh 2 Go sandwiches sold at A&P and Dominion in Ontario
- Irving, Sub Delicious and Needs sandwiches sold in N.B., N.S. and P.E.I.
- August 25
- Safeway and TakeAwayCafé brands sold at Safeway and Mac's in Alta. and Sask.
August 24
- Maple Leaf Foods expands recall to include all products made at facility 97B at an estimated cost of $20 million.
- August 22
- Shopsy's Classic Reuben sandwich sold in Toronto stores
- Maple Leaf Listeriosis death toll reaches 3
August 20
August 19
- 23 Maple Leaf ready-to-eat meats produced at establishment 97B recalled due to listeriosis outbreak.
August 17
- Two Maple Leaf sliced meat products recalled nationally.
The full CFIA Food Recall and Allergy Alert list is available here.
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Most RecentMost Recommended Comments (2)
at 13:32 on October 29th, 2008
This list is growing so rapidly it's hard to know what to eat at all!
at 08:41 on October 30th, 2008
Terri Potratz, I know this must be tedious to compile, but I think it is really important to put the news in context. Otherwise, we all suffer a critical attention deficit disorder.