The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is warning the public not to consume some potato chips because the products may be contaminated with salmonella.
It says the foods contain dry powder and paste hydrolyzed vegetable protein (HVP), ingredients which have been recalled in the U.S. and Canada by Basic Food Flavors Inc. due to salmonella contamination.
The CFIA is working with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to identify and remove all affected products imported into Canada from the U.S. in an ongoing food safety investigation.
The following foods, manufactured in Canada, are affected by this alert:
- Lay's Smokey Bacon flavour Potato Chips, 43 g, UPC code 0 60410 06043 8 with fresh until dates between MR 23 and MA 4, inclusive.
- Lay's Smokey Bacon flavour Potato Chips, 235 g, UPC code 0 60410 07032 1 with fresh until dates between MR 23 and AL 27, inclusive.
These products may have been distributed nationally.
The CFIA says there have been no reported illnesses in Canada associated with the consumption of these products.
Food contaminated with salmonella may not look or smell spoiled.
Consumption of food contaminated with these bacteria may cause salmonellosis, a food borne 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 diarrhoea. Long-term complications may include severe arthritis.
The manufacturer is voluntarily recalling the affected products from the marketplace.
To see the full list of recalled products click here
