The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has expanded a Canada-wide recall on flour potentially containing E. coli to include brands of cookie dough, tart shells and pie shells that may contain the contaminated flour.
Some of the recalled products are sold across the country and may be contaminated with E. coli.
The announcement comes amid ongoing recalls for flour products, which were first recalled in March.
The affected products include In-Dey-Go Fundraising Inc.; Dark Chocolate/White Chocolate Chunk Cookie Dough, sold in 1.22 kg packages; Apple Valley shell pie, deep unsweetened 5”, sold in 6.8 kg package; Apple Valley shell pie, unsweetened 8”, sold in 4 kg package;
Mildmay Cheese Haus two-inch tart shells, sold in 40 pieces (approximately 1.5 lbs.)
Some illnesses have been reported in connection with earlier flour recalls, but no confirmed illnesses have arisen from the newly announced products, the CFIA said.
The CFIA says the products are not safe to eat and that they should be thrown out or returned to the store where they were purchased.
Symptoms can include nausea, vomiting, mild to severe abdominal cramps and watery to bloody diarrhea. In severe cases, some patients may have seizures or strokes, require blood transfusions and kidney dialysis or suffer permanent kidney damage. The most severe cases can cause death.