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Posted August 7, 2024 4:31 pm
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The Canadian Meals Inspection Company says the latest Listeria contamination of a number of plant-based milks occurred in a Pickering, Ont., manufacturing unit.
It says the contamination occurred on a “dedicated production line” at Joriki, which is a third-party beverage packaging facility utilized by plant-milk producer Danone Canada.
The company says that the manufacturing line has been “completely disassembled while inspection at the facility is ongoing.”
The Public Well being Company of Canada beforehand confirmed 18 circumstances of listeriosis linked to Silk model almond milk, coconut milk, almond-coconut milk and oat milk, in addition to Nice Worth model almond milk.
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The confirmed circumstances had been in Ontario, Quebec, Alberta and Nova Scotia and included 13 hospitalizations and two deaths.
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The Ontario well being ministry has stated the deaths occurred in that province.
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The recall for the plant milks was first issued on July 8. Well being specialists have stated that Listeria could make individuals sick as much as two months after they eat or drink contaminated merchandise
The affected merchandise have best-before dates as much as and together with Oct. 4 and the quantity 7825 within the product code, in line with the recall discover.
“No production on this dedicated production line will restart until the necessary corrective measures are implemented and the CFIA is satisfied that any contamination has been identified and eliminated,” the Canadian Meals Inspection Company stated in an announcement on Wednesday.
“Danone Canada and Joriki Inc. (Pickering) have been fully engaged in the ongoing food safety investigation to determine the source of the contamination and are implementing corrective measures including enhanced safety and production protocols,” the assertion stated.
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