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According to the CFIA, Randsland Storage & Packing (Nova Scotia) has recalled Broccoli Floret and Broccoli Salad Kits from the Canadian marketplace due to suspected Listeria monocytogenes. The products subject to the recall are Randsland branded Broccoli Floret, packaged in two (2) by three (3) pound containers for a total of six (6) pound packages, and Randsland branded Broccoli Salad Kit, packaged in five (5) kilogram containers. The Broccoli Floret and Broccoli Salad Kits were distributed and sold in the Canadian provinces of Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland and Labrador.@ https://healthycanadians.gc.ca/recall-alert-rappel-avis/inspection/2021/76373r-eng.php

According to the CFIA, T-Brothers Food and Trading (Coquitlam, British Columbia) has recalled Soo branded Enoki Mushrooms from the Canadian marketplace due to suspected Listeria monocytogenes contamination. The CFIA reports the following Enoki Mushrooms are subject to this recall: Soo branded Enoki Mushrooms, packaged 200-gram vacuum-sealed plastic bags. These Soo branded Enoki Mushrooms were marketed, distributed, and sold in Alberta and British.  @ https://healthycanadians.gc.ca/recall-alert-rappel-avis/inspection/2021/76355r-eng.php

Several days after the CDC announcement, the USDA/FSIS announced that Fratelli Beretta USA, Inc (Mount Olive, N.J.) recalled ~ 862,000 pounds of uncured antipasto products that may be contaminated with Salmonella Infantis and/or Salmonella Typhimurium. The ready-to-eat (RTE) uncured antipasto meat trays were produced from February 28, 2021, through August 15, 2021. The 24-oz. trays containing two 12-oz packages of “Fratelli Beretta UNCURED ANTIPASTO PROSCIUTTO, SOPPRESSATA, MILANO SALAMI & COPPA” with best by dates of AUG 27 21 through FEB 11 22 and UPC 073541305316. These items were shipped to retail locations nationwide. FSIS has been working with the CDC and public health partners to investigate a multistate outbreak of 36 Salmonella Typhimurium and Infantis illnesses in 17 states. Some ill people reported eating Fratelli Beretta brand uncured antipasto before they got sick. The traceback investigation confirmed that some ill people purchased uncured antipasto trays produced by Fratelli Beretta USA, Inc. @ https://www.fsis.usda.gov/recalls-alerts/fratelli-beretta-usa-inc.-recalls-ready-eat-uncured-antipasto-meat-products-due

The CFIA reported that Curation Foods brand Kale Salad Blends and Eat Smart brand Chopped Salad Kits are recalled from the marketplace due to possible Listeria contamination. The products were sold across Ontario and may have been distributed in other provinces as well. The recalled items were sold in various sized packages, with best before August 24, 2021. The food recall warning issued on August 24, 2021, has been updated to include additional product information. This additional information was identified during the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s (CFIA) food safety investigation. Consumers should not consume, and distributors, retailers, and food service establishments such as hotels, restaurants, cafeterias, hospitals, and nursing homes should not sell or use the recalled products described below. CFIA test results triggered this recall. There have been no reported illnesses associated with the consumption of these products. @ https://inspection.canada.ca/food-recall-warnings-and-allergy-alerts/2021-08-26/eng/1630041760017/1630041766097