Maple Leaf kills four people?

Question

did you guys hear maple leaf killed four people iwt hmeat poising? or something like that?! wow!!! how much do you think maple leaf was sued.

whats your opinon on this

http://health.lifestyle.yahoo.ca/channel_health_news_details.asp?news_id=16023&news_channel_id=131&channel_id=131

Answer 1

My opinion is that you need to learn how to use Spell Check.

Answer 2

Canada links bacteria outbreak to tainted meat

Posted on Sun, Aug. 24, 2008print email

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The Maple Leaf Foods production facility in Toronto on Thursday August 21, 2008. According to the Prime Minister's Office, public health officials have linked a deadly nationwide bacterial outbreak to recalled meat products from Maple Leaf Foods. The outbreak has resulted in 21 confirmed cases of listeriosis, a kind of food poisoning that can be dangerous to the elderly, newborns, pregnant women and people with chronic medical conditions. Symptoms include fever, headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea. Maple Leaf's Toronto plant has shut down temporarily to allow for sanitizing of the facility.

OTTAWA -- Public health officials in Canada said Saturday they have linked a deadly bacterial outbreak that killed four people to recalled meat products from Maple Leaf Foods.

The outbreak has resulted in 21 confirmed cases of listeriosis, a kind of food poisoning that can be dangerous to the elderly, newborns, pregnant women and people with chronic medical conditions. Symptoms include fever, headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea.

"Results of genetic testing from three samples of the products recalled by Maple Leaf Foods show that two tested positive for the outbreak strain of listeria," the Public Health Agency of Canada said in a statement. Test results for the third product were a close match to the outbreak strain, but showed a slight variance, the agency added.

Still, the investigation into the cause of the outbreak is far from complete, the agency said.

Maple Leaf's Toronto plant has shut down temporarily to allow for sanitizing of the facility.

Linda Smith, a spokesperson for Maple Leaf, said all the recalled meat products had been removed from stores shelves across Canada by Thursday.

However, determining where the products ended up after they were purchased by distributors - such as in hospitals or retirement homes - has been more complex.

"There is a very active effort to work with all the food distribution customers. But it is not as direct, because there are customers, and then those customers have customers," she said.

An additional 30 suspected cases are being probed to confirm if they are related to the outbreak. Officials have said they expect to see more cases crop up, given that listeriosis has an average incubation period of three weeks

Answer 3

This is kinda confusing! Too many Miss spelled words! Maple Leaves are not Poison!

How can any one sue a Maple Tree?

Answer 4

Wouldn't it be the Listeria that killed the people, rather than the Maple Leaf?