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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.

HEALTH HAZARD ALERT

MANDATORY RECALL OF VARIOUS WAGENER BEEF PRODUCTS

Related Alerts: 2003-08-24 | 2003-08-25 | 2003-08-25b | 2003-08-26 | 2003-08-26b
  2003-08-26c | 2003-08-27 | 2003-08-27b | 2003-08-28 | 2003-08-28b
  2003-08-29 | 2003-08-30 | 2003-09-02 | 2003-09-05 | 2003-09-16
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Government of Ontario | Ontario Provincial Police News Release

OTTAWA, August 26, 2003 - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is warning consumers not to consume the various Wagener beef products described below because these products were manufactured with beef originating from Aylmer Meat Packers Inc., Aylmer, Ontario, that is believed to pose a risk to public health and were subject to a recall order on August 24, 2003.

All package sizes of Wagener products listed in the attached table are affected by this alert. 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.

Wagener’s Meat 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
Gypsy Salami  

The manufacturer, Wagener’s Meat Products, Toronto, Ontario is conducting a mandatory recall of the affected products from the marketplace. These products are known to have been distributed in Ontario.

There have been no reported illnesses associated with the consumption of the affected products.

The CFIA is monitoring the effectiveness of the recall.

The previous alert can be viewed at: http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/corpaffr/recarapp/2003/20030824e.shtml

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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