TORONTO - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency on Thursday announced a recall on a wide variety of Hygaard brand sandwiches that it says could be contaminated with Listeria.
The Alberta-based manufacturer, Hygaard Fine Foods, is voluntarily recalling 16 types of sandwiches with best-before dates ranging from Oct. 24 up to and including Nov. 16, though there have been no illnesses linked to the sandwiches.
The products have been distributed across Canada except for Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick.
Listeria can cause the disease listeriosis, which can cause fever, headache, nausea and neck stiffness.
Elderly people and pregnant women, as well as people who have weakened immune systems, are particularly vulnerable.
A countrywide outbreak of listeriosis that has been linked to a massive Maple Leaf Foods recall has claimed the lives of 18 people.
But it's not immediately clear whether the sandwich recall is linked to Maple Leaf.
