Ontario's Health Ministry has confirmed that the two listeriosis deaths linked to a plant-based milk recall were in that province. An electron microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a Listeria monocytogenes bacterium in a 2002 handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-HO, CDC, Elizabeth White, *MANDATORY CREDIT*
TORONTO – Ontario’s Health Ministry has confirmed that the two listeriosis deaths linked to a plant-based milk recall were in that province.
Twelve people, including 10 in Ontario, one in Quebec and one in Nova Scotia have fallen ill after drinking Listeria-contaminated Silk and Great Value brand milks.
Ontario’s Ministry of Health would not comment Thursday on the ages of the people who died, but the Public Health Agency of Canada says 58 per cent of the listeriosis illness have been in adults 60 years of age and over.
Silk brand almond milk, coconut milk, almond-coconut milk and oat milk were recalled earlier this month, as was Great Value brand almond milk.
Most of the recalled products have best-before dates up to and including Oct. 4.
The Public Health Agency of Canada says recalled products should be thrown out or returned to the location where they were purchased.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 18, 2024.
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