Frozen waffle recall: What to know as CFIA expands on listeria warning

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has issued its ain callback for respective fashionable brands of frozen waffles implicit imaginable listeria contamination pursuing a shaper callback precocious past week.

Various frozen waffle products sold successful Canada and the U.S. are being recalled aft investigating revealed imaginable listeria bacteria contamination astatine a manufacturing installation successful Brantford, Ont.

The CFIA callback appears to see 2 further brands not covered successful the callback past week.

The shaper TreeHouse Foods had already issued a callback connected Friday, “due to the imaginable to beryllium contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.”

Listeria monocytogenesis an organism that tin origin superior and sometimes fatal infections successful young children, frail oregon older people, and others with weakened immune systems.

“Treehouse Foods reached retired to the CFIA connected October 16, 2024, regarding their callback of assorted brands of frozen waffles owed to Listeria and the CFIA began a nutrient information probe that aforesaid day,” a CFIA spokesperson said successful a statement.

“After conducting an interior consultation, the CFIA classified the lawsuit initiated callback and issued a nutrient callback warning, connected October 21, 2024, arsenic per Canadian regulations and policies.”

TreeHouse Foods did not accidental which circumstantial stores successful Canada the products were sold in.

However, the waffle products listed connected the callback website see Walmart’s Great Value brand, sold astatine Walmart stores successful Canada; Metro’s Selection brand, sold astatine Food Basics and Metro market stores; Sobeys Inc.’s Compliments brand, sold astatine Foodland, Sobeys and Fresh Co stores; and Loblaws’ No Name brand, sold astatine No Frills stores.

The CFIA callback besides includes the brands Selection and Western Family.

The CFIA said it was conducting an probe and if further products are recovered to beryllium affected, it volition notify the public.

The bureau said consumers should cheque to spot if they person the affected products and look for the circumstantial merchandise sanction and batch codes and UPC provided successful the recall alert.

“Do not consume, serve, use, sell, oregon administer them. Recalled products should beryllium thrown retired oregon returned to the determination wherever they were purchased. Consumers who are unsure if they person purchased the recalled products are advised to interaction their retailer,” the connection said.

Metro Inc. said successful a connection that the impacted Selection waffles person been recalled from each impacted Metro Inc. banner locations.

Walmart Canada confirmed via email that its stores did transportation this merchandise and that it was removed from sale.

Sobeys Inc. said the affected products were distributed nationally and that they person been removed from store shelves successful each banner locations successful each provinces.

“We are moving intimately with wellness authorities and proviso concatenation partners to guarantee the information of our customers, which is our apical priority,” Sarah Dawson, Sobeys’ manager of firm affairs, said successful an email.

Dawson urged customers to either dispose of the products oregon instrumentality them to the store for a refund.

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Loblaws Co. Ltd. said the frozen waffle callback impacted Shoppers Drug Mart and Loblaw market stores specified arsenic Real Canadian Superstore, No Frills and Zehrs.

“These products person since been removed from our shelves,” a Loblaws spokesperson told Global News successful a statement.

According to the CFIA, nutrient contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes may not look oregon odor spoiled but tin inactive marque you sick.

Symptoms tin see vomiting, nausea, persistent fever, musculus aches, terrible headache and cervix stiffness. Pregnant women, older adults and radical with weakened immune systems are peculiarly astatine risk.

“Although infected large women whitethorn acquisition lone mild, flu-like symptoms, the corruption tin pb to premature delivery, corruption of the newborn oregon adjacent stillbirth. In terrible cases of illness, radical whitethorn die,” CFIA said.

TreeHouse Foods said successful a property merchandise determination person been nary illnesses linked to the recalled products to date.

— with files from Global’s Krista Hessey