A ground beef recall has expanded across Canada and into the United States.
More than 210 products from an XL Foods facility in Edmonton are included in the voluntary recall. It covers products processed from Sept. 16-22.
The first recall involved beef products going back to Aug. 16 when tests detected E. coli O157:H7.
The recall covers all of Canada, as well as California, Michigan, Nebraska, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Washington and Wisconsin for a variety of beef products including beef patties, meat loaf and ground beef.
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“We don’t know the total volume, just that there is a lot of product in a lot of places,” said Reynold Bergen of the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is investigating the facility’s preventive control measures, food safety procedures, laboratory methodology and equipment and quality systems.
No confirmed illnesses have been linked to this recall, but the CFIA is collaborating with provincial and federal public health officials. A Calgary child has been hospitalized after eating a beef burger during the Labour Day weekend, but so far it has not been linked to the recall.
The recall does not mean every shipment was contaminated, said Rob McNabb of the CCA.
Recalls of this type take into account time leading up to when the contamination was detected and after the product was taken out of production.
For more information about the recall, visit www.inspection.gc.ca/recalls.
