Aug 29 2008
More Bad News For Beef
It seems beef issues are on the rise these days.
Maple Leaf Foods Inc., Canada’s biggest food processor, is recalling meat products after health officials identified a Toronto plant as the source of food poisoning that led to four deaths.
Laboratory results linked meat products from the plant with an outbreak of listeriosis in four provinces, according to the Public Health Agency of Canada.
Maple Leaf Foods, based in Toronto, temporarily closed its Bartor Road plant last week after a number of Sure Slice delicatessen meats tested positive for listeria, which can lead to fevers, severe headaches and nausea. The test results confirmed health officials’ suspicions that the same strain of listeria at the plant was responsible for the outbreak.
Maple Leaf said the recall will cost about C$20 million ($19.1 million) before taxes, mainly for reimbursement for returned products and to sanitize the plant. More costs may occur for advertising, communications and lost sales, it said in a statement.
Health officials said 21 cases of listeriosis have been confirmed and another 30 cases are being investigated.
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