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Health Hazard Alert
Apple Snail
Meat may contain salmonella bacteria
April 11, 2006
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
is warning the public not to consume certain
Cooked Apple Snail Meat and Apple Snail Meat
products because the products may be contaminated
with salmonella.
The following products, imported from Vietnam,
are sold frozen in 400 g packages. All production
date codes and best before codes of the following
products are affected by this alert:
| BRAND |
PRODUCT |
| Oc Buou |
Cooked Apple Snail
Meat |
| Oc Buou |
Apple Snail Meat |
| Black Tie |
Cooked Apple Snail
Meat |
These products are known to have been distributed
in Quebec, Ontario and Manitoba, but may
have been distributed in other provinces.
There have been no reported illnesses associated
with the consumption of these products.
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.
For more information, consumers and industry
can call the CFIA at 1 800 442-2342 / TTY 1
800 465-7735 (8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. EST, Monday
to Friday). |
