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OTTAWA — Canadian health officials, coping with a national outbreak of a bacterial illness, has confirmed a third death apparently linked to tainted cold cuts from Canada’s largest meat processor.
The bacterial illness, listeriosis, is often fatal to the elderly, the infirm and those with weak immune systems. The three deaths were all elderly women in Ontario.
The meat processor, Maple Leaf Foods, last week recalled more than 1.2 million pounds of lunch meats produced in its Toronto plant. Tests have confirmed 17 cases of listeriosis throughout Canada, including the three fatalities. Another 16 possible cases are under investigation.
