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Health Hazard Alert
Aquafuchsia brand sprouts may contain
salmonella bacteria
February 3, 2006
(Note: Updated with additional product
information, February 6, 2006)
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
and Les Aliments Aquafuchsia Foods Inc.
are warning the
public not to consume
certain Aquafuchsia brand sprouts because
these sprouts may be contaminated with
Salmonella.
The following Aquafushia brand sprouts
are affected by this alert:
| Product Name |
Size |
UPC |
Lot Number |
| baby onion shoots |
70 g |
551179 |
023, 024 and 025 |
| red cabbage sprouts |
100 g |
55117 00304 |
24 |
| Salad plus - alfalfa
with a touch of radish |
125 g |
551176 |
23 |
| Sandwich plus
- alfalfa with a touch of mustard |
125 g |
551177 |
23 |
| young mustard shoots |
70 g |
55117 00120 |
024 |
| KAIWARE (young Daikon radish shoots) |
100 g |
55117 00123 |
024 |
| young sunflower shoots |
100 g |
55117 00122 |
024 |
| young broccoli shoots |
100 g |
55117 00132 |
024 |
| popcorn shoots |
50 g |
55117 00307 |
024 |
| young snow pea shoots |
100 g |
55117 00137 |
024 |
These sprouts have been distributed
in Quebec, Ontario and Atlantic.
There have been no reported illnesses
associated with the consumption of these
sprouts.
Food contaminated with Salmonella may
not look or smell spoiled. Consumption
of food contaminated with this bacteria
may cause salmonellosis,
a foodborne illness.
In young children,
the elderly and people with weakened
immune systems, salmonellosis may cause
serious and sometimes deadly infections.
In otherwise healthy people, salmonellosis
may cause short-term symptoms such as high
fever, severe headache, vomiting, nausea,
abdominal pain and diarrhea. Long-term
complications may include severe arthritis.
Les Aliments Aquafuchsia
Foods Inc., Rigaud, Québec is
recalling the affected products from
the marketplace.
For more information, consumers and industry
can call one of the following numbers:
- Les Aliments Aquafuchsia Foods Inc.,
Jessie Taras at (514) 489-8466;
- CFIA at 1 800 442-2342 from 8:00 a.m.
to 4:00 p.m. local time, Monday to
Friday.
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