The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has issued advisories of three more pistachio recalls so far this week, the latest in a string of more than three dozen amid an ongoing salmonella outbreak linked to the nuts.
The department on Monday published a recall for two types of Premier Nuts Enterprises Ltd. pistachio products sold in Alberta and British Columbia due to potential salmonella contamination.
The following day, the CFIA published an expanded recall for 10 additional pistachio products sold in Alberta, B.C. and online, after “information was identified during the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s food safety investigation” into the outbreak.
“This recall was triggered by Canadian Food Inspection Agency test results,” the department said on its website. “There have been no reported illnesses associated with the consumption of these products.”
The latest pistachio recall came on Wednesday, when the CFIA issued an advisory warning of potential salmonella contamination in bags of green pistachios sold from Aug. 19 to Oct. 21 of this year at Ottawa Roastery on Lamira Street in Ottawa.
The department says people should check to see if they have any of the products listed, and reminds consumers not to eat, serve, use, sell or distribute them, adding that recalled products should either be thrown out or returned to the locations 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,” says the CFIA on its website.
“Healthy people may experience short-term symptoms such as fever, headache, vomiting, nausea, abdominal cramps and diarrhea. Long-term complications may include severe arthritis.”
Correction
This article has been updated to clarify which federal agency issued the warnings.
