Food Recall: Janes Brand Frozen Uncooked Breaded Chicken Products

Sofina Foods Inc. is recalling Janes brand frozen uncooked breaded chicken products from the marketplace due to possible Salmonella contamination.

Consumers should not consume the recalled products described below.

Janes Pub Style Chicken Burgers – Uncooked Breaded Chicken Burgers

800 g.  Code on Product 2018 MA 12.  UPC 0 69299 12491 0

Janes Pub Style Snacks Popcorn Chicken – Uncooked Breaded Chicken Cutlettes

800 g.  Code on Product 2018 MA 15.  UPC 0 69299 12542 9

What You Should Do

If you think you became sick from consuming a recalled product, call your doctor.

Check to see if you have recalled products in your home. Recalled products should be thrown out or returned to the store where they were purchased.

Food contaminated with Salmonella may not look or smell spoiled but can still make you sick. Young children, pregnant women, the elderly and people with weakened immune systems may contract serious and sometimes deadly infections. Healthy people may experience short-term symptoms such as fever, headache, vomiting, nausea, abdominal cramps and diarrhea. Long-term complications may include severe arthritis.

Background

This recall was triggered by findings by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) during its investigation into a foodborne illness outbreak.

Food Recall: Food Basics Mechanically Tenderized Steak

Vantage Foods Ontario Inc. is recalling mechanically tenderized steaks from the marketplace due to possible E. coli O157:H7 contamination.

Consumers should not consume the recalled products described below.

The following products have been sold in Food Basics supermarket locations in Ontario.

Food Basics Mechanically Tenderized Hip Steak

Variable sizes.  Best before date of 2017OC17.  UPC code starts with 0 211030

Food Basics Mechanically Tenderized Steak FP

Variable sizes.  Best before date of 2017OC17.    UPC code starts with 0 224015

What You Should Do

If you think you became sick from consuming a recalled product, call your doctor.

Check to see if you have recalled products in your home. Recalled products should be thrown out or returned to the store where they were purchased.

Food contaminated with E. coli O157:H7 may not look or smell spoiled but can still make you sick. Symptoms can include nausea, vomiting, mild to severe abdominal cramps and watery to bloody diarrhea. In severe cases of illness, some people may have seizures or strokes, need blood transfusions and kidney dialysis or live with permanent kidney damage. In severe cases of illness, people may die.

Background

This recall was triggered by the company.

Recall of Certain Farm-Raised Pacific Oysters

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has issued a Class 1 recall with what it says is possibly national in distribution.

Triggered by CFIA test results, the industry is recalling certain farm raised Pacific Oysters from the marketplace due to a marine biotoxin which causes Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning.

Consumers should not eat and retailers, hotels, restaurants and institutions should not sell, serve or use the following recalled products:

Albion Farms and Fisheries Ltd. Oysters in shell, farmed

All sizes under P.O. NO. 87606.  Sold from October 9th to 16th inclusive.

Union Bay Seafood Ltd. Pacific Oysters, Effingham Inlet, farmed-raised

All sizes under Lot 20171010NWAQ.  Sold from October 9th to 16th inclusive. 

What You Should Do

If you think you became sick from consuming a recalled product, call your doctor.

Check to see if you have recalled products in your home or establishment. Recalled products should be thrown out or returned to the location where they were purchased.

Paralytic shellfish toxins are a group of natural toxins that sometimes accumulate in bivalve shellfish that include oysters, clams, scallops, mussels and cockles. Non-bivalve shellfish, such as whelks, can also accumulate Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning (PSP) toxins. These toxins can cause Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning (PSP) if consumed. Symptoms of Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning (PSP) include tingling and numbness of the lips, tongue, hands and feet, and difficulty swallowing with an onset of a few minutes and up to 10 hours after consumption. In severe situations, this can proceed to difficulty walking, muscle paralysis, respiratory paralysis and death.

Warkworth Drug Overdose

A reliable source has told Northumberland 89.7 that an inmate who overdosed on a fentanyl-laced narcotic at Warkworth Institution is hospitalized and will soon have life-support mechanisms removed.

The Correctional Service of Canada has confirmed that staff took immediate steps to revive the inmate but were unsuccessful.

He was air-lifted to hospital.

CSC cites privacy concerns for not revealing the inmate's name or medical condition.

Cobourg Marijuana Facility Gets License

Cobourg’s former Kraft plant is about to be transformed into a multi-million square foot medical marijuana facility, which could generate as many as 1,200 jobs in 5 years.

Thomas Fairfield, President and CEO of FV Pharma Inc. told the Toronto Star his company secured a license from Health Canada on Friday.

The Whitby based company has plans to harvest its first crop as early as February of 2018, and to employ 150 by the end of next year.

FV Pharma also intends to purchase the entire 15 acre property with a December closing date.

89.7s John Hill interviewed Fairfield, pictured above, about the planned operation earlier this year on Week In Review.

The Government of Ontario has indicated that it is considering a retail price of $10 per gram when marijuana becomes legal next July 1st.

The sale of marijuana could bring in a tax windfall of more than $100 Million per year.

Peterborough Police Seeking 3 Individuals

Peterborough Police want the public’s help in in identifying a third person in an ongoing theft investigation.

On August 24th around 5:00 p.m., a female went to the Chemong Road Walmart, selected electronics off the shelves, removed the electronic security devices from the items, concealed the items in a bag she was carrying and then left the store without making any attempts to pay for them.

The total value of the theft is more than $500.

She was last seen entering the passenger side of a red Ford Ranger pick-up truck with an Ontario licence plate AF71119 driven by a male.

The suspect is described as female, Caucasian, mid-thirties, approximately 150 pounds, black hair, and tattoos on her left shoulder.

She was wearing a pink tank top with black ripped leggings, and carrying a large pink bag.

Pictures of all three suspects appear below.

Food Recall: Yummy Market Smoked Lake Trout

Yummy Market Inc. is recalling Yummy Market brand Smoked Lake Trout with Cracked Black Pepper from the marketplace because of the potential presence of dangerous bacteria.

Consumers should not consume the recalled product which has best before dates of October 25th and November 1st packaged in variable sizes and UPC codes.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says the recall was triggered by a consumer complaint and the recalled product was sold from Yummy Market’s Maple, Ontario store.

Botulism poisoning is so dangerous that it is considered a public health emergency.

Food contaminated with Clostridium botulinum toxin may not look or smell spoiled but can still make you sick.

Symptoms in adults can include facial paralysis or loss of facial expression, unreactive or fixed pupils, difficulty swallowing, drooping eyelids, blurred or double vision, difficulty speaking or including slurred speech, and a change in sound of voice, including hoarseness.

Symptoms of foodborne botulism in children can include difficulty swallowing, slurred speech, generalized weakness and paralysis. In all cases, botulism does not cause a fever. In severe cases of illness, people may die.

Alnwick/Haldimand New Council Members

The Township of Alnwick/Haldimand had five junior Councillors in attendance at Thursday’s Council Meeting in celebration of Local Government Week.

Mayor John Logel called upon the Grade 5/6 students from Grafton Public School to come and sit with their corresponding Member of Council in the Council Chambers.

The five students participating were Junior Mayor Emmett Clarke, Junior Deputy Mayor Brock Sherwin, and Junior Councillors Hanna Atkins, Austin Galt and Michael Good.

Junior Mayor Clarke and Mayor Logel called the Council Meeting to order at 12:30 p.m.

Pictured above left to right:

(Front row) Jr. Councillor Hannah Atkins, Jr. Deputy Mayor Brock Sherwin, Jr. Mayor Emmet Clarke, Jr. Councillors Austin Galt and Michael Good.

(Back row) Councillor Sherry Gibson, Deputy Mayor Gail Latchford, Mayor John Logel, Councillors Ray Benn and Michael Filip.