Listeria outbreak linked to Rosemount brand cooked diced chicken
Credit to Author: Scott Brown| Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2019 21:39:37 +0000
A food recall has been issued for Rosemount brand diced chicken after the product was linked to seven confirmed cases of Listeria in three provinces.
The Public Health Agency of Canada says the seven individuals — Five were in Ontario and one each in British Columbia and Manitoba — became sick between November 2017 and June 2019.
Six individuals were hospitalized due to the outbreak.
Rosemount brand diced chicken, which has been identified as the likely source of the outbreak, was supplied to institutions — including cafeterias, hospitals and nursing homes — where many of the individuals who became sick resided, or visited, before becoming ill. The individuals who became ill are between 51 and 97 years of age.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency, which issued the recall for Rosemount brand cooked diced chicken, says the product was distributed in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec and Nova Scotia and may have been distributed to other provinces and territories.
The agency says food contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes may not look or smell spoiled but it can still make you sick. Symptoms can include vomiting, nausea, persistent fever, muscle aches, severe headache and neck stiffness. Pregnant women, the elderly and people with weakened immune systems are particularly at risk.