Canada’s public health warning issued on October 15 for raw mussels has been expanded to include raw in-shell oysters and shucked oysters distributed by various shellfish processors in British
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is warning the public not to serve or consume certain raw mussels from British Columbia because they may contain paralytic shellfish toxins.
There have
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is warning the public not to eat certain mussels from British Columbia because they may contain a biotoxin, Diarrhetic Shellfish Poisoning (DSP), which reportedly
One person is ill and the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control in Canada is warning the public not to eat watermelon jelly sold last year at charity booths because
A Vancouver, B.C. importer is recalling turmeric powder and with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is warning the public not to consume it because it may be contaminated
A meat processor that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency suspected had an E. coli contamination problem last November is opting out of federal inspection entirely and will be regulated only
Canada’s public health warning, first issued Nov. 9, about certain “halal” meat products that are being distributed in the Vancouver metropolitan area has been expanded to include more retailers
A Thrifty Foods Store in British Columbia sold barbecue chicken and pot pies on Nov. 1 that were possibility contaminated with an unknown chemical.
Since Nov. 2, the Canadian Food
Uncooked oysters from Canada’s Pacific Coast have been confirmed as the source of a norovirus outbreak. according to the British Columbia Center for Disease Control.
Oysters making people ill
A second brand of headcheese is being recalled in Canada for possible Salmonella contamination. It follows an outbreak of rare Salmonella Chester in British Columbia that was associated with another
An outbreak of a rare strain of Salmonella–S. Chester–that has infected at least ten people British Columbia may be linked to headcheese, Canadian officials report.
Headcheese is a
A new study reported by the Vancouver Sun found that failed handwashing audits for health-care facilities within the Vancouver Island Health Authority produced “disappointing”, and “unacceptable” results, according to the