CANADA-MEAT RECALL.
OTTAWA — The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is warning the public not to eat certain lean ground beef sold at Canada Safeway because it may be contaminated with E. coli.
The lean ground beef affected was sold in packages of approximately 450 grams with the first part of the UPC being 201670 and a Canada establishment number of 573. The meat was prepared for certain Canada Safeway stores in northeastern Ontario, Manitoba and Saskatchewan.
The affected packages bear a Best Before or a Freeze By date of March 19 and were sold from March 13 to March 19 and are no longer available for sale.
Consumers who may have previously purchased this product and have it in their freezers are advised not to eat it.
There has been no reported illness associated with the consumption of this product.
The manufacturer, Vantage Foods, Winnipeg, is voluntarily recalling the affected product from stores.
Food contaminated with E. coli may not look or smell spoiled but eating it can cause serious and potentially life-threatening illnesses.
Symptoms include severe abdominal pain and bloody diarrhea, seizures, strokes, and in severe cases, the bacteria can cause death.
