Plant-based milk contamination linked to Pickering, Ont. facility: CFIA – GLOBAL
August 7, 2024
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says the recent Listeria contamination of several plant-based milks occurred in a Pickering, Ont., factory.
It says the contamination happened on a “dedicated production line” at Joriki, which is a third-party beverage packaging facility used by plant-milk manufacturer Danone Canada.
The agency says that the production line has been “completely disassembled while inspection at the facility is ongoing.”
The Public Health Agency of Canada previously confirmed 18 cases of listeriosis linked to Silk brand almond milk, coconut milk, almond-coconut milk and oat milk, as well as Great Value brand almond milk.
The confirmed cases were in Ontario, Quebec, Alberta and Nova Scotia and included 13 hospitalizations and two deaths.
The Ontario health ministry has said the deaths happened in that province.
