A national recall on ground beef has been issued because of possible E. coli contamination.
Produced by XL Foods in Edmonton, various ground beef products were distributed to Safeway, Wal-Mart and Costco. The voluntary recall went out Sept. 16 and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency has issued an alert to consumers not to eat, sell or serve the products because they could be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7.
Consumption of E. coli-contaminated food can cause severe abdominal pain, bloody diarrhea or kidney failure. In the most severe cases, people may die.
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The meat may not look or smell bad. No illnesses have been reported.
The CFIA does not know which specific stores might have received the product packed between Aug. 12 and Sept. 13, said Garfield Balsom, acting national manager of the office of recall and food safety.
“Our advice is to return to the point of sale and enquire whether that product is part of the recall,” he said .
The complete list of products can be found at www.inspection.gc.ca/english/corpaffr/recarapp/2012/20120916e.shtml.
For more information, call the CFIA toll free at 800-442-2342.
