Food Safety Recall round-up 23-29 March 2018
Harvest Creek chicken nuggets linked to Salmonella outbreak
Canada: Erie Meat Products is recalling chicken nuggets due to possible Salmonella contamination.
Harvest Creek Chicken Nuggets – Uncooked Breaded Cutlettes 2x1kg with product code BB\MA 18-OC-11 was distributed in New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario and Quebec.
The recall was triggered by a Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) investigation into a foodborne illness outbreak that has sickened 30 people in four provinces.
Samples of Harvest Creek Chicken Nuggets (2x1kg) with best before date 11 October 2018 tested positive for Salmonella Enteritidis. They had the same genetic fingerprint (using whole genome sequencing) as cases of human illness.
Several ill people reported eating the chicken nuggets before illness.