The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has issued a second recall of headcheese in as many weeks as officials in B.C. investigate an outbreak of salmonella.

Much of the recalled headcheese could have been sold at deli counters without packaging information. CFIA advises consumers to contact retailers to see if they purchased an affected brand. (iStock)

The CFIA is warning consumers not to eat any flavour of Brandt headcheese products with establishment number 164 on the package.

The products have been distributed across Canada.

Because the headcheese is often sold at deli counters the establishment number and best before date may not be on the packaging.

People who purchased headcheese at a deli counter are advised to contact the retailer to see if they have an affected product.

In the case of product produced at the G. Brandt Meat Packers plant in Mississauga there have been no reports of illness.

However, the B.C. Centre for Disease Control is investigating 10 cases of a rare strain of salmonella in that province.

'The majority of infected people were elderly and approximately half required hospitalization.'—Dr. Eleni Galanis, BCCDC

In all cases the only common food consumed was headcheese. That led to last week's recall of product produced by Brandt for Freybe Gourmet Foods.

"The majority of infected people were elderly and approximately half required hospitalization," noted Dr. Eleni Galanis, a physician epidemiologist at the BCCDC.

Headcheese is a deli product made from meat from the head of a pig, which is combined with gelatin and spices. Symptoms of salmonella could include stomach cramps, diarrhea, nausea, fever and headache. Those symptoms begin between six and 72 hours after eating contaminated food and could last up to a week.