Black Forest ham sandwich sold in Quebec recalled due to Listeria

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A Black Forest ham sandwich by the Cuisine Fraicheur Urbaine marque is being recalled owed to imaginable Listeria monocytogenes contamination. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency warns that large women, the aged and those with weakened immune systems are astir astatine risk.

Contaminated nutrient whitethorn not look oregon odor spoiled, but tin inactive marque you sick

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· Posted: Apr 13, 2025 12:18 PM EDT | Last Updated: 13 minutes ago

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The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) issued a callback Saturday for a Black Forest ham sandwich due to imaginable microbial contamination by Listeria monocytogenes.

The sandwich, sold nether the Cuisine Fraicheur Urbaine brand, was distributed successful Quebec successful 179-gram packages, with merchandise code 0 639725 401603 and a champion earlier day of April 16, 2025.

The bureau warns that nutrient contaminated with the bacteria mightiness not look oregon odor spoiled but tin pb to unwellness if ingested.

Symptoms of the food-borne unwellness see "vomiting, nausea, persistent fever, musculus aches, terrible headaches and cervix stiffness," the bureau wrote successful a quality release.

Those astir astatine hazard see radical with weakened immune systems, the aged and large woman.

According to the CFIA, large pistillate mightiness lone acquisition mild symptoms, "but the corruption tin pb to premature delivery, corruption of the newborn of stillbirth."

The unwellness caused by the bacteria tin successful immoderate cases go sever and pb to death.

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A drawstring of merchandise recalls, including immoderate involving E. coli, Listeria and salmonella, has sparked concerns astir nutrient safety. Lawrence Goodridge, manager of the Canadian Research Institute for Food Safety astatine the University of Guelph, says the information doesn’t bespeak an summation successful recalls but adds the pandemic did origin immoderate disruptions successful nutrient safety.

People who deliberation they whitethorn person gotten sick aft eating the recalled sandwich should consult a aesculapian professional.

Recalled products should not beryllium eaten but tin beryllium returned to their constituent of acquisition oregon thrown out.

Written by Annabelle Olivier

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