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This archive of previously issued food recalls and allergy alerts is provided for reference and research purposes.

Users should note that the products listed in the archive have been subject to removal from the marketplace or appropriate corrective action. Food recalls or allergy alerts are not an indication of the food safety status of products produced at a later date.

UPDATE - HEALTH HAZARD ALERT

MINISTER ORDERS RECALL OF AYLMER MEAT PACKERS INC. BEEF OR BEEF PRODUCTS

OTTAWA, August 30, 2003 - The public warning issued on August 29, 2003 is being updated to include additional information on stores affected by the recall order.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) in concurrence with the acting Chief Medical Officer of Health for Ontario, is warning consumers not to consume beef or beef products originating from Aylmer Meat Packers Inc. Aylmer, Ontario, as these products are believed to pose a risk to public health.

The updated list of stores that may have received affected beef and beef products from Aylmer Meat Packers Inc. can be viewed below. (Most recent additions are in bold.)

The updated list of companies and products affected by the recall order can be viewed below. (No new additions for August 30, 2003)

The affected products may have been sold as various cuts of beef and may also have been processed into sausages, ground beef, and other products. The affected products are known to have been distributed in Ontario.

Consumers who have purchased beef or beef products from the stores listed are advised to check if the store or stores have received the affected products. The illness outbreak investigation being conducted by Ontario Provincial authorities is ongoing to determine if there is any link to the recalled products.

The Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, the Honourable Lyle Vanclief, has issued a recall order for Aylmer Meat Packers Inc. beef or beef products. The mandatory recall order requires all persons selling, marketing or distributing the products to recall them.

The CFIA is monitoring the effectiveness of the recalls. The CFIA is working with the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care and local public health units. As the additional information becomes available updated alerts will be issued.

An associated list of stores or manufacturers which have now been verified as not affected is being issued separately and can be viewed at: http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/corpaffr/recarapp/2003/20030829e.shtml (No new additions for August 30, 2003)

For more information, consumers and industry can call the CFIA at 1-800-442-2342. - 8:00 am to 4:00 pm local time - Monday to Friday.

For information on receiving recalls by electronic mail, or for other food safety facts, visit our web site at www.inspection.gc.ca

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Media enquiries:

CFIA Media Relations
(613) 228-6682

Table 1. List of stores that may have received affected beef or beef products originating from Aylmer Meat Packers Inc. (Most Recent Additions are in bold)
(as of September 16, 2003).

Health Unit	Name of Premise	Address of Premise
Brant	Greenwood's Meat Market	122 King St, Burford ON, NOE 1A0
	Super Sausage Factory	17 Easton Rd, Brantford ON, N3P 1J4
	Stephenson General Store	6^th Concession, Cathcart ON

Chatham-Kent	Roesch Meats	10910 Northwood Rd., RR 2, Kentbridge, ON, N0P 1V0
	John Enns	298 Kent Rd Wheatley, ON
	Schinkel 's Meat Market Ltd	Chatham, ON

Durham	Deb’s Farm Fresh Foods	Box 113, Goodwood ON, L9P 1M6
	Halenda's Meats	1916 Dundas Street E., Whitby ON L1N 2L6

Elgin-St.Thomas	Collette Meats	1030 Talbot St, St. Thomas, ON, N5P 1G3

Hamilton	Milgrove Packers	Milgrove, ON
	Fernando Meat Products Ltd.	Hamilton, ON

Lambton	IGA	PO Box 309 - 98 Ontario St., Grand Bend, ON N0M 1T0

Middlesex - London	Ashland Foods Market	346 Ashland Ave, London, ON, N5W 4E8
	Asian Food Market	577 Hamilton Rd., London, ON
	Capo Food Ltd	102 Meg Dr., London, ON
	Central Market London	405 Dundas St., London, ON, N0B 1V9
	Dundas Delicatessen Gift Shop	753 Dundas St., London, ON N5W 2Z6
	Fadels Meat and Deli/Variety	London, ON
	Gieltl’s Fine European Meats/Gieltl’s Bavarian Meat and Sausage	299 South St, London, ON, N6B 1B6
	Kohn Meat Market Meats	202 Egerton St., London, ON N5Z 2G7
	Komoka Foodland	Komoka, ON
	Lambeth Foodland	PO Box 332, Lambeth, ON N6P 1R1
	Laziz Meat and Deli Inc.	699 Wilkins St./699 Southdale Rd. E., London, ON N6E 2M2
	Laziz Falafel	130 King St., London ON
	Lockwood Farm Market	699 Wilkins St. S., London, ON
	London Husky	Hwy 74, Belmont London, ON
	London Solovaki	Gibraltar Trade Market, London, ON
	Mike’s Meat Market	1866 Dundas St., London ON, N5W 3G2
	N.B. Western Meats and Deli	241 Hamilton St., London ON
	PITA Canada	London ON
	Ramada Meats	London ON
	Southdale Village Market	769 Southdale Rd., London ON
	Aladdin’s Food/Ramadan Halal Meat Mart	London ON 9-611 Wonderland Rd., London ON

Niagara	Meatland	150 Bunting, St. Catharines, ON, L2P 3G5
	Big Red Markets	206 Richmond, Thorold/St. Catharines, ON L2V 4L8

Oxford	Fordview Farm	Lakeside, ON
	Joe’s European Deli	Tilsonburg, ON

Peel	Smokehouse Deli & Meat Products	25 McMurchy N, Brampton/Toronto, ON, L6X 1X4
	Sky Meats	450 Matheson Blvd., Mississauga ON
	J & J Daily Meat Whole Sale	2399 Cawthra Rd., Mississauga ON, L5A 2W9
	City Pack Paper	6160 Netherhard Rd.#20-22, Mississauga,ON
	Derry Foods Ltd (AMT)	PO# 37684, 811 Goreway Dr., Mississauga/Brampton ON

Perth	Foodland	84 Wellington St., St. Marys, ON

Simcoe	Leadbetter Foods Inc.	4 Brammer Dr., Orillia ON L3V 7T4

Thunder Bay	European Meats and Deli	1149 Carrick St., Thunder Bay ON, P7B 6M3

Toronto	Atlantic Foods	Toronto ON
	BES	Toronto ON
	Basterma King	126 Sinnett Rd - #B, Scarborough, ON, M1L 4N2
	Butcher Shop/Macelleria San Gabriele Ltd.	998 St. Clair Ave. W, Toronto ON M6E 1A2
	Casa Barcelona (La Carla Corp.)	2980 Bloor St. W, Etobicoke ON
	Cash & Carry Meat Terminal	Scarborough, ON
	CBC Trading Food Products and Meat Wholesale Co.	110 Dynamic Dr. Unit 43, Scarborough ON, M1V 5C7
	CYT Meat Trading	23 Milliken Blvd #B11, Scarborough, ON, M1V 5H7
	Deli and Specialty Foods	Bancroft, ON
	Delson Meats/Delson Food Trading	Toronto, ON
	Fu Yau Supermarket	Toronto, ON
	Gino’s Meat Market	1203 St. Clair Ave. W, Toronto ON, M6E 1B5
	Happy Meat Market	340 Spadina Ave., Toronto/Scarborough ON
	Jasmine Food and Meat Market Inc/ Jasmine Halal	1300 Finch Ave. W., Toronto ON M3J 3K6
	Tai Wah Trade Ltd.	2691 Markham Rd. Unit 10, Scarborough ON, M1X 1L4
	Tony Wholesale Meat Market	1658 Jane St., Toronto ON, M9N 2S1
	United Foods Co./ Altantic Deli Foods	2677 Steeles Ave. W., Toronto ON, M3J 27A
	Wagener’s Meat Products	40 Six Point Rd., Etobicoke ON, M8Z 2X2
	Worldwide Foods	Toronto, ON
	Mister Cash Inc.	6160 Netherhart Rd., Toronto ON L5T 2G6
	Mr. Greek Meat Market	801 Danforth Ave., Toronto ON , M4J 1L2
	North Kee Trading,	328 Passmore Unit 55, Scarborough ON
	Oriental Cuisine 1564663 Ontario Ltd.	1221 Markham Rd., Scarborough ON
	Seaton Butchers	236 Queen St. E., Toronto ON M5A 1S3
	Soloways Hot Dogs/ Solway Hotdog Factory	917 Alness Rd., Downsview ON, M3M 1H7

Waterloo	Stemmler Meat and Cheese Inc.	3015 Lobsinger Line, Heidelberg ON, N0B 1Y0
	Better Sausage	313 Lawrence Ave, Kitchener ON, M2M 1Y5
	Clover Leaf Farms Ltd	1527 Holland Mills Rd. RR2, New Hamberg ON, N0B 2G0
	Deanco Meat Products	RR2, Wellesley/Kitchener, ON, N0B 2T0
	Dial A Grocery	Kitchener, ON
	Lichty’s Fur Farm Ltd.	Kitchener, ON
	Supreme Sausage Meat and Deli	300 Gage Ave., Kitchener, ON, N2N 2C8
	Verber Meat	#17 Nicoles Cr., Cambridge, ON
	Forwell's	King St., Waterloo, ON
	St. Clements Village Variety	St. Clements, ON

Windsor-Essex	Nor-Son Custom Packing Services	1075 Crawford Ave, Windsor, ON, N9A 5E1
	Rocco’s Fine Foods	1407 Ottawa St., Windsor, ON
	Sadler’s Knectels	Essex, ON
	Ade’s Meat Market Ltd.	1995 Tecumseh St. W, Windsor, ON, N9B 1V7
	Bailey’s Meat Market	125-2109 Ottawa St., Windsor, ON, N8Y 1R8
	Asian Groceries	575 Partington Avenue, Windsor, ON, N9B 2N4
	Brenner Meat Packers	497 Cataraqui St., Windsor, ON, N9A 3N8
	Castle Beef	5580 Walker Rd., RR1 Old Castle, ON, N0R 1L0
	Cottam Cold Storage and Meat Market	120 County Rd. #34, Cottam, ON, NO4 1B0
	G & K Meat Processing	11977 Tecumseh Rd. E., Tecumseh/Windsor, ON, N8N 1L8
	George’s Fine Meats	Windsor, ON
	Green Island Meat Market	680 Wyandotte St. E., Windsor, ON, N9A 3J2
	Halal Modern Meat Market	1320 Wyandotte St W, Windsor,ON
	Indus Meat Halal	2675 Lauzon Road, Windsor,ON
	Hansens Your Independent Grocers	62 Thames Rd. E., Exeter, ON
	Kingsville Knectels	41 Main St E., Kingsville, ON, N9Y 1A1
	La Stella Meats	Windsor, ON
	Sandford & Sons	Harrow, ON
	Torinos Catering	Tecumseh, ON
	Triple Js Sausages	925 Tecumseh Rd. W., Windsor , ON,N8X 2A9
	Westside Knectels	3242 Sandwich, Windsor, ON
	Windsor Meat Market Halal	1097 Erie St. E, Windsor, ON, N9A 3Z2

York	Richmond Hill Wholesale Meat	70 Dennison A Unit 8, Markham, ON
	Alex’s Meat Market	7665 Kennedy Rd. –# 3, Markham, ON, L3R 0L7
	Balaton Meat Products Ltd.	96 Corstate Ave, Vaughan, ON, L4K 4K2
	P & F Meats	Markham/Richmond Hill, ON
	Country Choice	12555 10^th Line, Stouffville, ON

TBD	Van Dyke’s Fisheries

Sudbury	J-Bob's Country Market	Manitoulin Island, ON

Table 2: List of companies and their products affected by the recall order
(as of September 16, 2003).

Company and Product Details

Valley Market , Combermere, Ontario Recall - September 16, 2003

Products:

Strip Loin
Ground Beef
T-Bone Steak

Affected packages bear a label with the name Valley Market, Combermere and a hand written date code represented by a letter and a number, e.g. A1. The letter represents the month, i.e. A=January, and the number represents the week, i.e. 1=first week of that month.
All packages bearing date codes up to and including E4 are affected by this alert.

Renco Foods Ltd., Thunder Bay, Ontario Recall - August 28, 2003

Products:

Smokies Mild UPC 200002 800718
Smokies Hot UPC 200002 800718
Cheese Smokies UPC 200002 900821
Packages bearing a PKGD ON date up to and including AU 28 are affected by this alert

Northwood Foods, Thunder Bay, Ontaro Recall - August 28, 2003

Products:

Mild Legion (Smokies) European Meats UPC 227157 603643
Legion/Cheese (Smokies) European Meats UPC 227157 204710
Hot Legion (Smokies) European Meats UPC 227157 603643
Packages bearing a PKGD ON date up to and including Aug 28, 03 are affected by this alert

Workers Co-Op, Thunder Bay, Ontario Recall: August 28, 2003

Products:

European Legion With Cheese UPC 200673 901707
Hot Legion Sausage UPC 200095 101501
Legion Sausage UPC 200094 202513
Packages bearing a Packed On date up to and including 08/24/03 are affected by this alert.

Beef Burgers 8oz, sold in a package of 5 bearing the UPC 200517 401363
Beef Burgers 6oz, sold in a package of 6 bearing the UPC 200499 201401
Beef Burgers 4oz, sold in a package of 6 bearing the UPC 200518 201405
Packages bearing a Packed On date up to and including 08/17/03 are affected by this alert.

Eurotrade Import-Export Inc., Mississauga, Ontario. Recall - August 28, 2003

Products:

Eurotrade Original Gavrilovic Style Salami bearing the UPC 0 59807 50002 2
Eurotrade Danube Salami bearing the UPC 0 59807 50001 5
Sudzuk All Beef Salami
Eurotrade "Bear" Salami bearing the UPC 0 59807 50004 6
Eurotrade Winter Salami (Zimska Salama) bearing the UPC 0 59807 50003 9

Roesch Meats And More, Kent Bridge, Ontario Recall - August 28, 2003

Products:

Mild, Hot or X-Hot Pepperettes bearing date up to and including 26 AU 03

Medium Ground Beef (frozen), Lean Ground Beef (frozen), X-Lean Ground Beef (frozen), Store Made Beef Jerky, Onion Meatloaf, Spiced Ham, Pimento Sausage, Bologna, Herb and Garlic Lyoner, Wieners, Pure Beef Store made Patties 5.3 oz (tray packed), BBQ Store made Patties 4 oz (tray packed), Assorted frozen beef cuts (label indicates type of beef cut), Various fresh beef cuts (type of beef cut hand written on label). All bearing date up to and including 25 AU 03

Pure Beef or BBQ Store made Patties sold in a 12 lb box bearing no date codes

Various frozen beef cuts (no label, type of beef cut hand written on package)

European Meat and Deli, Thunder Bay, Ontario. Recall - August 27, 2003

Products: Hot, Mild and Cheese Smokies, and raw beef sausages sold from store on premises up to an including August 25, 2003.

G.K. Sandwich, South Gilles, Ontario. Recall - August 27, 2003

Products: Take Out Legion Sausages with BB date up to and including Sept 05 2003.

George’s Market, Thunder Bay, Ontario. Recall - August 27, 2003

Products: European Hot Smokies, European Mild Smokies and European Cheese Smokies purchased on or up to August 25, 2003.

Maltese Grocery, Thunder Bay, Ontario. Recall - August 27, 2003

Products:

Mild Smokies with packaged on date up to and including AU 27.
Cheese Smokies with packaged on date up to and including AU 26.

Quality Market, 146 Centennial Square, Thunder Bay, Ontario. Recall - August 27, 2003

Products:

Hot or Mild European Smoked Legion Sausage with date up to and including 08/25/03 or Aug 25/03. Some packages may have no dates. Hot sausage bear UPC 2 22493 70382 8 and Mild sausages bear UPC 2 21784 10402 3

Quality Market, 1020 Dawson Road, Thunder Bay, Ontario. Recall - August 27, 2003

Products:

Hot European Smoked Legion Sausage with date up to and including 08/21/03 or Aug 21/03. UPC 2 22493 70382 8.
Mild European Smoked Legion Sausage with date up to and including 08/22/03 or Aug 22/03. UPC 2 21784 10402 3.

Triple J. Sausages, Windsor, Ontario. Recall - August 27, 2003

Products:

Smokies (prepackaged with Triple J. label), Weiners, Pizza Sausage and Pepperettes (sold in bulk).

Consumers who may have purchased these types of products, in bulk or pre-sliced, at various deli stores and speciality food stores, are encouraged to check at the point of purchase to determine if they have the affected product.

Thunder Bay Meat Processing, Murillo, Ontario. Recall - August 27, 2003.

Products:

"Old Fashion Quality Meats" Beef Patties in 4 oz, 6 oz and 8 oz sizes with date up to and including AUG 01 2003 with the identification mark "PLANT 209".

Capo Food Ltd., London, Ontario. Recall - August 25 and expanded August 27, 2003

Products:

Penne al Forno, Spaghetti with Meat Sauce, Meat Sauce Cannelloni Dry Pack, Cannelloni with Tomato Sauce, Meat Lasagna and Supreme Lasagna.

All package sizes of these products containing beef are affected. These products bear an ascending date code on the package (eg 03229, 03230, 03231......etc.). All products up to and including code 03230 are affected by this alert.

Basterma King, Scarborough, Ontario. Recall - August 26, 2003

Products:

Soujouk Hot, Soujouk, Maane Hot, Maane, Kebbe, Odorless (Basterma).

All packages of these Halal Meat Basterma King frozen products purchased after March 21, 2003 are affected by this alert:

Leadbetter Foods Inc., Orillia, Ontario. Recall - August 26, 2003

Products:

Big Foot Burgers (Plain), 27 X 6 oz / 168 gr patties sold in a 10.12 lb (4.59 kg) package bearing the UPC 0 00000 20509 2.

Big Foot Burgers (Plain), 40 X 4 oz / 114 gr patties sold in a 10 lb (4.54 kg) package bearing the UPC 0 00000 20508 5

Wagener’s Meat Products, Toronto, Ontario. Recall - August 26, 2003

Products:

Pork and Beef Rings, Wine Salami, Pepper Salami, Beer Sausage, Smoked Beef Cervelat Salami, Mexican Salami, Corned Beef, Pastrami Smoked Beef, Fleischwurst Bologna, Cooked Roast Beef Medium, German Salami, Teewurst, Hungarian Salami, Mexican Salami (Hot), Jagdwurst with Pistachios, Wieners, Knacker, All Beef Salami, Pepperseed Salami and Gypsy Salami

All package sizes are affected. Consumers who may have purchased these types of products, in bulk or pre-sliced, at various deli stores and speciality food stores, are encouraged to check at the point of purchase to determine if they have the affected product.

Table 3: Further investigation by the CFIA has verified that the following list of stores did not receive the affected beef or beef products from Aylmer Meat Packers Inc. and are not stores to which the mandatory recall issued on August 24, 2003 applies.
(as of September 16, 2003)

Bruce Packers Limited, Paisley, Ontario
AAA Supermarket, Brampton, Ontario
Danforth Market, Toronto, Ontario
European Quality Meat, Toronto, Ontario
Garcia, Mississauga, Ontario
Holly Park Meat Packers Inc., Cookstown, Ontario

Food Centre, Toronto, Ontario
Gerber Meat, Millbank, Ontario
Royal Meats, Mississauga, Ontario
Sobey’s, 55 Main St., Grand Bend, Ontario
Forwell’s, 355 Lancaster St. W., Kitchener, Ontario
Natural Food Market, Waterloo, Ontario

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UPDATE - HEALTH HAZARD ALERT

MINISTER ORDERS RECALL OF AYLMER MEAT PACKERS INC. BEEF OR BEEF PRODUCTS

Table 1. List of stores that may have received affected beef or beef products originating from Aylmer Meat Packers Inc. (Most Recent Additions are in bold) (as of September 16, 2003).

Table 2: List of companies and their products affected by the recall order (as of September 16, 2003).

Table 3: Further investigation by the CFIA has verified that the following list of stores did not receive the affected beef or beef products from Aylmer Meat Packers Inc. and are not stores to which the mandatory recall issued on August 24, 2003 applies. (as of September 16, 2003)

Table 1. List of stores that may have received affected beef or beef products originating from Aylmer Meat Packers Inc. (Most Recent Additions are in bold)
(as of September 16, 2003).

Table 2: List of companies and their products affected by the recall order
(as of September 16, 2003).

Table 3: Further investigation by the CFIA has verified that the following list of stores did not receive the affected beef or beef products from Aylmer Meat Packers Inc. and are not stores to which the mandatory recall issued on August 24, 2003 applies.
(as of September 16, 2003)