Ontario health officials have renewed their warning about Neilson brand chocolate milk and a Listeria investigation, warning consumers, restaurants and foodservice operators to check supplies on hand to make sure they don’t consume or serve the recalled milk.
- Neilson Partly Skimmed Chocolate Milk, 4-liter bags, All Best Before dates up to and including JN22, UPC number 0 66800 00047 3;
- Neilson Partly Skimmed Chocolate Milk, 2-liter cartons, All Best Before dates up to and including JN22, UPC number 0 66800 00042 8;
- Neilson Partly Skimmed Chocolate Milk, 1-liter cartons, All Best Before dates up to and including JN22, UPC number 0 66800 00043 5;
- Neilson Partly Skimmed Chocolate Milk, 750-milliliter cartons, All Best Before dates up to and including JN22, UPC number 0 66800 10068 5;
- Neilson Partly Skimmed Chocolate Milk, 473-milliliter cartons, All Best Before dates up to and including JN22, UPC number 0 66800 10023 4; and
- Neilson Partly Skimmed Chocolate Milk, 237-milliliter cartons, All Best Before dates up to and including JN22, UPC number 0 66800 10017 3.
Food contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes may not look or smell spoiled but can still make you sick, according to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. 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. “We are taking the situation very seriously. We are sorry for the individuals who became ill,” Saputo CEO Lino A. Saputo Jr. said in a statement attached to the Sunday warning. “Nothing is more important to us than the safety of our products. We are doing everything within our power to ensure our products meet the high quality standards expected from us.” (To sign up for a free subscription to Food Safety News, click here.)