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The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) announced on its website that Metro Ontario Inc. recalled Metro brand deli trays from the marketplace due to possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination. This recall was triggered by CFIA due to positive test results. The product involved are Snack Delights trays, Fresh 2 Go Snack and Grab Party Trays and  Fresh 2 Go Premium Kolbassa Sausage-Cheese Trays.  @ https://inspection.gc.ca/about-the-cfia/newsroom/food-recall-warnings/complete-listing/2019-09-27/eng/1569630721077/1569630727804

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced that Fisher Packing Company (Redkey IN) recalled approximately 744 pounds of ready-to-eat (RTE) pork products that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, today. The products were packaged on August 27, 2019, and include Vacuum-sealed packages of various weights containing “FISHER MEATS OLD FASHION SMOKED HAM”; Vacuum-sealed packages of various weights of “FISHER MEATS SMOKED HAM SHANKS WITH NATURAL JUICES”;  and Vacuum-sealed packages of various weights of “FISHER MEATS CANADIAN BACON” with a freeze by date of 11/25/19 . These items were shipped to retail locations in Indiana. The problem was discovered when the firm notified FSIS that a sample of product produced by Fisher Packing was tested positive for the presence of Listeria monocytogenes. There have been no confirmed reports of adverse reactions due to consumption of these products. @ https://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/topics/recalls-and-public-health-alerts/recall-case-archive/archive/2019/recall-095-2019-release

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced that Tip Top Poultry, Inc (Rockmart, GA) recalled an undetermined amount of ready-to-eat (RTE) poultry products that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The frozen cooked, diced or shredded, RTE chicken products were produced between January 21, 2019, and September 24, 2019. These items were shipped to institutions nationwide in the United States and Canada. The problem was discovered when Tip Top notified FSIS that multiple samples were positive for the presence of Listeria monocytogenes after being tested in Canada. The firm decided to recall all cooked, diced or shredded, RTE chicken products produced from January 21, 2019 through September 24, 2019. Tip Top expanded the dates and the scope of the recall out of an abundance of caution. There have been no confirmed reports of adverse reactions due to consumption of these products. @ https://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/topics/recalls-and-public-health-alerts/recall-case-archive/archive/2019/recall-094-2019-release

Maryland Department of Health is investigating a cluster of illnesses that involves “individuals who all reported eating at Moby Dick House of Kabob restaurant.” Since Sept. 10, eight of the nine confirmed cases of salmonella infections reported eating hummus from Moby Dick House of Kabob, which has several locations in Maryland, Virginia, and D.C. The state Health Departments of Virginia and DC did not report an investigation. The restaurant chain has voluntarily stopped the sale of its hummus. Sample of Hummus send by the restaurant to a third-party laboratory tested negatively for Salmonella. @ https://wtop.com/local/2019/09/salmonella-infections-linked-to-hummus-from-local-kabob-chain/