RECALL update: Apples, slices, caramel apples ON/QC/Atlantic

[Natalka]

Apples recalled over possible Listeria contamination: CFIA


Recall date:January 7, 2015
Reason for recall:Microbiological - Listeria
Hazard classification:Class 1
Company / Firm:Beauvais Ltee., Courchesne Larose
Distribution:
New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec

Extent of the distribution:Retail

Industry is recalling Granny Smith apples and Gala apples exported by Bidart Bros. in the United States (US) from the marketplace due to possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination. Identified importers of the recalled products include Beauvais Ltee. and Courchesne Larose. Consumers should not consume and retailers, restaurants and institutions should not sell or use the recalled products described below.

http://www.inspection.gc.ca/about-th.../1420699156813

Check to see if you have recalled products. Recalled products should be thrown out or returned to the location where they were purchased. If you are unsure as to whether products are included in this recall, contact the location where they were purchased.


Food contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes may not look or smell spoiled but can still make you sick.
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Added Jan. 11

Scotian Gold brand apple slices recalled due to Listeria monocytogenes

New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island

Scotian Gold Co-operative Limited is recalling Scotian Gold brand apple slices that used apples sourced from the United States (US) that are now recalled from the marketplace due to possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination. Consumers should not consume the recalled products described below.

http://www.inspection.gc.ca/about-th.../1420948411134

Check to see if you have recalled products in your home. Recalled products should be thrown out or returned to the store where they were purchased.

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Food Recall Warning - Caramel apples from Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, St. John's, NL, recalled due to Listeria monocytogenes

Distribution - Newfoundland and Labrador

Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, St. John's, NL, is recalling caramel apples that used recalled apples sourced from the United States (US) from the marketplace due to possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination. Consumers should not consume the recalled products described below.

The following products were sold at Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, 23 Rowan St., St. John's, NL.

http://www.inspection.gc.ca/about-th.../1420866109319

[Anna Michele]

Tjanks so much we exclusively eat gala apples gotta make a few phone calls

[seylz_gurl]

Thanks we have Gala too. Were Costco apples affected?

[Shwa Girl]

Yikes! This is unfortunate.
It was supposed to be An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
Not send you to the doctor.

[dizzyb]

Yikes! This is unfortunate.
It was supposed to be An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
Not send you to the doctor.

An apple a day
Helps the doctors get paid?

[Shwa Girl]

An apple a day
Helps the doctors get paid?

just an old saying I would hear from my grandmother
just like feed a cold & starve a fever

[seylz_gurl]

just contacted Costco admin and they said their apples were not in the recall so far.

[Natalka]

bump

[Applepie]

Thanks for info.

[SunandMoon]

Thank you for sharing this info Natalka

[Lynn49]

Dang, they make the labels so small, I can't read the teensy writing; a call to RCSS is in order...Thanks, Nat!

None of ours, thank goodness...

[dollarstretcher]

Does anyone ever wonder how it is that Listeria is contaminating our apples? Whole apples just seem like one of the purest forms of food. I don't remember such things happening when I was a kid.

[Natalka]

The only info I could find was that the contamination was at the apple packing facility, but they are still investigating.

Three deaths in US - may be seven

• As of January 10, 2015, a total of 32 people infected with the outbreak strains of Listeria monocytogenes had been reported from 11 states.
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  • Thirty-one ill people have been hospitalized, and seven deaths have been reported. Listeriosis contributed to at least three of these deaths.
  • Ten illnesses were pregnancy-related (occurred in a pregnant woman or her newborn infant), with one illness resulting in a fetal loss.
  • Three invasive illnesses (meningitis) were among otherwise healthy children aged 5–15 years.
  • To date, 25 (89%) of the 28 ill people interviewed reported eating commercially produced, prepackaged caramel apples before becoming ill.
  
  
• The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) has identified 2 cases of listeriosis in Canada with the same PFGE patterns as seen in the U.S. outbreak.
  

[dollarstretcher]

The only info I could find was that the contamination was at the apple packing facility, but they are still investigating.

Three deaths in US - may be seven

• As of January 10, 2015, a total of 32 people infected with the outbreak strains of Listeria monocytogenes had been reported from 11 states.
• 
  
  • Thirty-one ill people have been hospitalized, and seven deaths have been reported. Listeriosis contributed to at least three of these deaths.
  • Ten illnesses were pregnancy-related (occurred in a pregnant woman or her newborn infant), with one illness resulting in a fetal loss.
  • Three invasive illnesses (meningitis) were among otherwise healthy children aged 5–15 years.
  • To date, 25 (89%) of the 28 ill people interviewed reported eating commercially produced, prepackaged caramel apples before becoming ill.
  
  
• The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) has identified 2 cases of listeriosis in Canada with the same PFGE patterns as seen in the U.S. outbreak.
  

Thanks for the information. This sounds more serious than I originally thought. I don't live in the affected provinces but do eat a lot of apples and it concerns me when we can't trust raw food in its plainest form.