The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has issued a Health Hazard Alert for certain seasoned cooked chicken breast strips. The chicken strips are prepared by Le Champ du Coq Inc. and may contain salmonella bacteria.
- Recall / advisory date: April 23, 2013
- Reason for recall / advisory: Microbiological - Salmonella
- Hazard classification: Class 2
- Company / Firm: Desco Services Alimentaires Inc.
- Distribution: Quebec
- Extent of the distribution: Retail
Advisory details
Ottawa, April 23, 2013 - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and Desco Services Alimentaires
Inc. are warning the public not to consume the Le Champ du Coq brand Seasoned, Cooked Chicken
Breast Strips because they may be undercooked and, therefore, contaminated with Salmonella.
There have been no reported illnesses associated with the consumption of this product.
The distributor, Desco Services Alimentaires Inc., Boisbriand, Québec, is voluntarily recalling the
affected product from the marketplace. The CFIA is monitoring the effectiveness of the recall.
For more information, consumers and industry can contact: Desco Services Alimentaires Inc. at 450-437-7182; or CFIA by filling out the online feedback form.
Food contaminated with Salmonella may not look or smell spoiled. Consumption of food contaminated
with these bacteria may cause salmonellosis, a foodborne illness. In young children, the elderly
and people with weakened immune systems, salmonellosis may cause serious and sometimes deadly
infections. In otherwise healthy people, salmonellosis may cause short-term symptoms such as high
fever, severe headache, vomiting, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea. Long-term complications may
include severe arthritis.
For more information on foodborne pathogens, visit the Causes of Food Poisoning web page.