72 sick in salami salmonella outbreak, health agency says

Hannah Alberga · The Canadian Press

· Posted: Jun 25, 2025 3:06 PM EDT | Last Updated: 4 minutes ago

Seventy-two radical person fallen sick aft eating salami recalled owed to imaginable salmonella contamination.

The Public Health Agency of Canada released an updated announcement connected an outbreak of salmonella infections linked to Rea marque Genoa Salami Sweet, Rea marque Genoa Salami Hot and Bona marque Mild Genova Salami.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency recalled the products successful Ontario, Alberta and Manitoba connected June 10.

At that time, 57 illnesses had been reported, with 44 successful Alberta, 13 successful Ontario and nary successful Manitoba.

On Tuesday, the nationalist wellness bureau reported further cases, bringing Alberta's infections to 57, Ontario to 14 and Manitoba to one.

Seven radical person been hospitalized since the callback was issued.

The national wellness bureau said astir radical fell sick betwixt mid-April and mid-June aft eating salami successful prepared sandwiches oregon bought from deli counters.

They urge checking for the pursuing merchandise codes: 5035 226, 5049 226, 5020 228, 5035 228 and 5035 226.

Salmonella is simply a food-borne bacterial unwellness that tin dispersed respective days oregon weeks aft a idiosyncratic is infected, adjacent if they don't person symptoms.

It tin effect successful terrible and perchance deadly infections, peculiarly for children, large people, the aged and radical with weakened immune systems.

Healthy radical whitethorn acquisition short-term symptoms specified arsenic fever, headache, vomiting, nausea, cramps and diarrhea.