The Canadian Food Inspection Agency and Veg-Pak Produce Ltd. are warning consumers, distributors, and retailers not to consume, distribute, or sell jalapenos described below because they may be contaminated with Salmonella.
The peppers, a product of the USA, were sold in bulk to these stores in Ontario:
- Food Basics
- Ho Long Supermarket
- Kitchen Table Grocery Stores
- Longo’s
- Metro
- Michael Angelo’s
- Oak Ridges Food Market
- Oceans Fresh Food Market
- Oriental Food Market
- P.A.T. Mart
- Starwind Supermarket
- Trinity Supermarket
They may have been sold from more retail stores in Ontario. The peppers were in stores between March 8, 2012 and March 28, 2012. If you purchased bulk, unlabeled jalapeno peppers between those dates, check with the store to see if they carried the affected product.
These wholesale packages of peppers are also recalled:
- 1 bushel boxes with the South Florida produce logo
- 1/2 bushel boxes with “JALAPENO PEPPERS, PRODUCT OF USA” and Veg-Pak’s name and address on a sticker
The whole sale packages were sold by Veg-Pak Produce at the Ontario Food Terminal, from March 8 to March 15, 2012.
For more information, contact Veg-Pak Produce Ltd. at 416-255-7400 ext. 21 or the CFIA at 1-800-442-2342.
