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Canada: Recall of walnuts expanded for possible E. coli

Shiloh

Editor, Senior Moderator
Source: http://www.thetelegram.com/News/Loc...6/Walnuts-may-contain-E.coli-bacteria:-CFIA/1

Walnuts may contain E.coli bacteria: CFIA
Published on April 4, 2011

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and Amira Enterprises Inc. of St. Laurent, Que. are warning the public not to consume certain bulk and prepackaged raw shelled walnut products because they may be contaminated with E. coli 0157:H7.

The recall involves raw, shelled walnuts, imported from the U.S.A., which were available for purchase from Jan. 1, 2011 up to and including April 4, 2011.

The CFIA says the nuts were distributed in Atlantic Canada, Quebec and Ontario and may have been distributed nationally.

The list of recalled products is as follows...
 
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Source: http://ottawa.ctv.ca/servlet/an/loc...oli-infection-110407/20110407/?hub=OttawaHome

Quebec E. coli death may be linked to walnut recall
Quebec's public health department has confirmed to CTV News that one person in the province has died of an E. coli infection that may have been caused by eating contaminated walnuts.

Updated: Thu Apr. 07 2011 10:49:51 AM

CTV.ca News Staff

Quebec's public health department has confirmed to CTV News that one person in the province has died of an E. coli infection that may have been caused by eating contaminated walnuts.

The Minist?re de la Sant? et des Services sociaux (MSSS) wouldn't release details on the patient's death, except to note that the person had underlying health problems before the E. coil illness.

Already, 13 cases of E. coli infection in Quebec, Ontario and New Brunswick have been linked to contaminated walnuts distributed by Quebec-based Amira Enterprises...
 
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Source: http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/ar...igation-this-time-in-vancouver-119528554.html

More walnuts recalled in E.coli investigation, this time in Vancouver
By: The Canadian Press
Posted: 04/9/2011 6:11 AM


OTTAWA - There has been a widening of a walnut recall as the investigation into a deadly E.coli outbreak continues.

The latest recall, announced late Friday, affects shelled walnuts as well as halves and pieces imported from the United States and sold at Kim's Mart, Triple A Market and New Triple A in the Vancouver area.
 
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