Canada’s public health agency has linked another death to the nationwide Maple Leaf Foods listeriosis outbreak.

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The number of deaths connected to the outbreak has climbed to 20, the Public Health Agency of Canada confirmed yesterday (1 October).


The agency said that another death in Ontario was the result of the listeriosis epidemic caused by contamination of Maple Leaf pre-cooked meat products.


The outbreak, announced last month, has resulted in the nationwide recall of 191 Maple Leaf products.


The company said bacteria, found in two of its slicing machines, was most likely the cause of contamination.

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The Canadian food group restarted production at its Toronto facility at the centre of the outbreak on 18 September.

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