Public Health officials in the Edmonton region have been visiting hospitals and nursing homes this week to check for stocks of recalled deli-style meats which have been linked to an eruption of listeria.
The infection has killed three people in Ontario, and caused more than a dozen others to father sick.
A tot of 17 cases of listeriosis have been confirmed as outbreak-related nationwide, and up to 17, including four deaths, were under investigation to determine whether they, besides, were spawned by the outbreak.
There hold been no reported cases of listeria related illnesses in Alberta linked to the up-to-the-minute outbreak.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has identified listeria bacteria at a Maple Leaf Foods meat plant in Toronto. No tie-in has been made to the Maple Leaf discovery and the outbreak.
On Wednesday the company temporarily shut its Toronto plant and recalled some 23 products, including a varieties of turkey, smoke-dried meat and roast kick products.
Officials want to make sure the meats bear been removed from places that serve people wHO may be vulnerable to infection: the very young, the aged and those with compromised immune systems.
"In the Capital Health area, we've got about one C sites, in the first place institutions. These are places where vulnerable people occupy. So we're just existence sure that everbody's got it off the shelves now," aforementioned Dr. Gerry Predy, medical officer of health for Capital Health.
Fast food chains ready to reactFast nutrient restaurants say they pulled the affected products off their shelves quickly once they got word.
'We can't be wait around for it to hit us and so get treatment after. Some of us could end up being ex-Bavarian Smokie eaters, if you know what I mean.'�Guy L'Hereux, who ate some of the recalled sausages
"Head office phoned us at 10 a.m. [Wednesday] morning to let us know to take the roast beef and cured beef from our shelves," said Jason Harvey, coach of a Mr. Sub shop in central Edmonton Thursday.
"We take in no theme when we're going to get the product endorse. Hopefully presently because we do sell a lot of these subs."
But some consumers ar worried about what has happened.
"I'm identical apprehensive around what's departure on here," said Guy L'Heurex, wHO told CBC News he ate a couple of packages of Schneider's Bavarian Smokies that are part of the recall.
"I'm diabetic and I have other complications. We can't be waiting about for it to hit us and then pay off treatment after. Some of us could end up being ex-Bavarian Smokie eaters, if you know what I mean."
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