Canada echoes U.S. warning over carrots in deadly E. coli outbreak

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has recalled E. coli-tainted carrots pursuing a U.S. wellness informing astir the contaminated nutrient linked to 1 decease and dozens of illnesses.

On Monday afternoon, the CFIA issued a informing about respective carrot products owed to imaginable contamination with E. coli 0121 bacteria. The determination came after a study from Global News earlier that day that noted that a callback issued by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) included brands sold successful Canada.

The affected brands successful Canada see Bunny-Luv, Cal-Organic, Compliments Organic and PC Organics. You tin spot the afloat database here.

“This callback was triggered by a callback successful different country. There person been nary reported illnesses associated with the depletion of these products successful Canada,” the CFIA said successful the statement.

The CFIA stated that it is conducting a nutrient information investigation, which could effect successful further merchandise recalls. The bureau is besides ensuring that recalled products are being removed from the marketplace.

Food contaminated with E. coli 0121 whitethorn not look oregon odor spoiled but tin inactive marque you sick, the CFIA warned.

Symptoms tin see nausea, vomiting, mild to terrible abdominal cramps and watery to bloody diarrhea. In terrible cases of illness, immoderate radical whitethorn person seizures oregon strokes, request humor transfusions and kidney dialysis oregon unrecorded with imperishable kidney damage.

In terrible cases of illness, radical whitethorn die.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had issued a recall of the carrots connected Sunday.

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The contaminated integrated carrots, distributed to retail centres successful some Canada and the United States, person been linked to 1 decease and astatine slightest 39 cases of E. coli infections successful the U.S.

The callback impacts:

• Organic full carrots, which bash not person a best-if-used-by day printed connected the bag, but were disposable for acquisition astatine retail stores from Aug. 14 done Oct. 23, 2024.
• Organic babe carrots with best-if-used-by dates ranging from Sept. 11 done Nov. 12, 2024.

The carrots were distributed by Grimmway Farms, based successful California, which said successful a Saturday property merchandise that the institution is reviewing its growing, harvesting and processing practices and that it is moving with suppliers and wellness authorities connected the matter.

The CDC recommends washing and sanitizing items and surfaces that whitethorn person travel successful interaction with recalled bagged integrated carrots.