Question about the listeriosis outbreak?

Question

ok well heres my questions :P plz give lots of info!

1. whats was the kind of meat? like was it only delli foods? or was it put in hamburger in mcdonalds?

2. were where the most outbreaks? what province?

3. when was it started and shipped.

im freaking out o.O

Answer 1

There was a write up about the foods affected in the London Free Press today...here is the link:

http://lfpress.ca/newsstand/News/CanadaW...

I hope that helps you with your first question. I think it was only in Ontario so far.

Answer 2

Hey, so not really sure about the outbreak, but someone already touched that.

Listeriosis is caused by the bacteria Listeria and listeria is one of the only crazy bacteria that can grow at fridge temp and so it really only causes problems in deli meats and soft cheeses.  It is easily killed, just simply heat the meat up, grill, steam, anything.

So it really shouldn't cause any problems in hamburger meat that is good fully.

Good luck