Eat Smart kale salad bags recalled over possible listeria contamination - Toronto Star

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has issued a food recall warning for Eat Smart’s Sweet Kale Vegetable Salad Kit due to a possible listeria contamination.

Fresh Taste Produce Ltd. is recalling certain 794-gram bags of the salad kit with a best before date of July 17, 2019 and a UPC code of 7 09351 89140 3. The CFIA says anyone who bought the product, should not consume it.

The product has been distributed in Ontario, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Quebec, said the CFIA in their warning Tuesday.

The agency said test results triggered the recall and that they are conducting a food safety investigation — which could lead to the recall of other products.

Food contaminated with listeria monocytogenes will not look or smell spoiled, but can still make people sick, said the CFIA.

Consumers should check their homes for the recalled product, and throw them out or return them to the store they were purchased, they said. Anyone who believes they have become sicked from the recalled product should call their doctor.

Symptoms can include vomiting, nausea, persistent fever, muscle aches, severe headache and neck stiffness, said the CFIA. Pregnant women, the elderly and people with weakened immune systems are particularly at risk, they said.

In their recall warning on Tuesday, the CFIA said there has been no reported illnesses associated with the consumption of the product so far.

Emma Sandri is a breaking news reporter, working out of the Star’s radio room in Toronto. Follow her on Twitter: @emmarosesandri

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July 10, 2019 at 06:56PM