The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) estimates that nearly 1,600 people may have been infected with salmonella linked to a recall of Sweet Cream brand mini pastries. The agency launched an investigation on December 12th after noticing an unusual number of cases among people who attended catered events serving 'fancy desserts.' PHAC identified the pastries as the source after testing specimens from infected individuals and finding matching genetic features. The recall affects pastries distributed in Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia, Alberta, and New Brunswick.
This 2009 electron microscope image provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a large group of Gram-negative Salmonella typhimurium bacteria that had been isolated from a pure culture.The Public Health Agency of Canada said nearly 1,600 people may have been infected with salmonella linked to the recall of mini pastries.
“We would estimate that 1,592 people have been affected by this event. The ones that we don’t know about may have had mild or moderate symptoms and had those resolve at home without seeking medical care,” April Hexemer said from Guelph, Ont. “We pursued records from the catered events to identify which foods in particular were served at them, and we identified that the Sweet Cream brand mini pastries were served at the events,” Hexemer said.
Of the 61 sickened, 33 were in Quebec, 21 in Ontario, four in British Columbia, two in Alberta and one in New Brunswick. Hexemer says the mini pastries were distributed in Nova Scotia, too, but there’d been no reported illnesses in the province as of Monday afternoon.
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