OTTAWA, April 10, 2006 -- The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is
warning the public not to consume the Cooked Apple Snail Meat and Apple Snail
Meat products described below because these products may be contaminated with
Salmonella.
The following products, imported from Vietnam, are sold frozen in 400 g
packages. All Production Date codes and Best Before codes of the following
products are affected by this alert.
BRAND
PRODUCT
Oc Buou
Cooked Apple Snail Meat
Oc Buou
Apple Snail Meat
Black Tie
Cooked Apple Snail Meat
These products are known to have been distributed in Quebec, Ontario and
Manitoba but may have been distributed in other provinces. There have been no
reported illnesses associated with the consumption of these products.
Food contaminated with
Salmonella may not look or smell spoiled.
Consumption of food contaminated with this bacteria may cause salmonellosis, a
foodborne illness. In young children, the elderly and people with weakened
immune systems, salmonellosis may cause serious and sometimes deadly infections.
In otherwise healthy people, salmonellosis may cause short-term symptoms such as
high fever, severe headache, vomiting, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea.
Long-term complications may include severe arthritis.
The affected products are being recalled from the marketplace. The CFIA is
monitoring the effectiveness of the recall.
For more information, consumers and industry can call the CFIA at 1 800 442-2342 / TTY 1 800
465-7735 (8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Eastern time, Monday to Friday).
For information on
Salmonella, visit the Food Facts web page at
www.inspection.gc.ca./english/corpaffr/foodfacts/fftoce.shtml#tipcon.
For information on receiving recalls by electronic mail, or for other food
safety facts, visit our web site at www.inspection.gc.ca.
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Media enquiries:
Shashi Kulkarni (English)
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Office of Food Safety and Recall
(613) 368-1622
Marie-Andrée Lefebvre (French)
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Office of Food Safety and Recall
(613) 760-4044
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