Safeway and Buy-Low Foods in Canada are recalling Caesar salad products due to possible Listeria contamination. The following products were sold at Buy-Low Foods and Nesters Market in Alberta and British Columbia, and at Safeway and St. Martin’s Family Foods in Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario and Saskatchewan. This recall was triggered by the company. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is conducting a food safety investigation, which may lead to the recall of other products. If other high-risk products are recalled, CFIA will notify the public through updated Food Recall Warnings. There have been no reported illnesses associated with the consumption of these products.

Brand Name Common Name Size Code(s) on Product UPC
Signature Cafe Chicken Caesar Salad 140 g Best Before dates up to and including MR01 0 58200 13145 1
Signature Cafe Chicken Caesar Salad 300 g Best Before dates up to and including MR01 0 58200 13119 2
Fresh ‘n Delicious Ceasar Salad 100 g Best Before Dates up to and including FEB 28/14 Starts with 2 06430
Fresh ‘n Delicious Ceasar Salad 205 g Best Before Dates up to and including FEB 28/14 Starts with 2 06419
Fresh ‘n Delicious Chicken Ceasar Salad 280 g Best Before Dates up to and including FEB 28/14 Starts with 2 06422
Nester’s Own Ceasar Salad 100 g Best Before Dates up to and including FEB 28/14 Starts with 2 06430
Nester’s Own Ceasar Salad 205 g Best Before Dates up to and including FEB 28/14 Starts with 2 06419
Nester’s Own Chicken Ceasar Salad 280 g Best Before Dates up to and including FEB 28/14 Starts with 2 06422

Consumers are warned not to eat the recalled products. The products should be thrown out or returned to the store where they were purchased. Food contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes may not look or smell spoiled but can still make you sick. Symptoms can include vomiting, nausea, persistent fever, muscle aches, severe headache and neck stiffness. Pregnant women, the elderly and people with weakened immune systems are particularly at risk. Although infected pregnant women may experience only mild, flu-like symptoms, the infection can lead to premature delivery, infection of the newborn or even stillbirth. In severe cases of illness, people may die.