Ontario health officials issued a warning Thursday about two cheese products sold in the GTA.If you purchased Upper Canada Cheese Company products, Ontario's Chief Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Sheela Basrur, is warning you not to eat them.The affected products are: Niagara Gold (washed rind cheese), with a production date label up to and including Dec. 14, 2005 Comfort Cream (white bloomy rind cheese) with a production date label up to and including Jan. 6, 2006Officials say these two cheeses were sold in the Toronto and Niagara Regions. The warning was issued after several confirmed cases of food-borne illness caused by salmonella poisoning."Salmonella can cause serious illness, and can be life-threatening for the very young, elderly and those with weakened immune systems," Basrur said in a statement."If you have eaten cheese at home or in a restaurant, and are experiencing these symptoms, contact your physician immediately."The symptoms include: nausea stomach cramps fever vomiting diarrheaSalmonella can spread from person to person and officials urged anyone who bought these products to practice meticulous hand washing.
El Duro you are the best. Thanks for the heads up...ugh! salmonella is not good.. jeez I love cheese. Thanks for this info, much appreciated.
Ontario health officials issued a warning Thursday about two cheese products sold in the GTA.
If you purchased Upper Canada Cheese Company products, Ontario's Chief Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Sheela Basrur, is warning you not to eat them.
The affected products are:
Niagara Gold (washed rind cheese), with a production date label up to and including Dec. 14, 2005
Comfort Cream (white bloomy rind cheese) with a production date label up to and including Jan. 6, 2006
Officials say these two cheeses were sold in the Toronto and Niagara Regions. The warning was issued after several confirmed cases of food-borne illness caused by salmonella poisoning.
"Salmonella can cause serious illness, and can be life-threatening for the very young, elderly and those with weakened immune systems," Basrur said in a statement.
"If you have eaten cheese at home or in a restaurant, and are experiencing these symptoms, contact your physician immediately."
The symptoms include:
nausea
stomach cramps
fever
vomiting
diarrhea
Salmonella can spread from person to person and officials urged anyone who bought these products to practice meticulous hand washing.