Local residents should take a moment before biting into that homemade burger to check the packaging.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency announced a beef recall on Sunday spanning many provinces.
The products, voluntarily recalled by XL Foods, may be contaminated with E.Coli O157: H7.
The brands that may be affected in B.C. include Kirkland, Safeway and ground beef sold at Wal-Mart stores.
Kirkland Signature lean ground beef, lean ground beef patties and ground beef tubes with packaging dates between Aug. 30 and Sept. 15 are included in the recall.
Recalled products under the Safeway brand in B.C. include MS lean ground beef patties with sundried tomato and asiago cheese, MS lean beef patties with cheddar cheese, MS lean ground beef meatloaf, MS lean ground beef sliders, MS meatballs made from ground beef and pork, MS beef lean ground stuffed peppers, MS ground sirloin patties, lean ground beef, regular ground beef, and medium ground chuck with best before dates between Aug. 29 and Sept. 19.
Recalled products sold at Wal-Mart include three-pound packages of regular ground beef stamped with the dates Sept. 17, 18 or 20, three-pound packages of medium ground beef stamped Sept. 18, one-pound packages of lean ground beef stamped with the dates Sept. 17 or 20.
For more information, call 18004422342, or go to www.inspection.gc.ca.
