Simply Hot brand Thai green peppers recalled due to salmonella

Well being Canada has issued a recall discover about Merely Sizzling model Thai inexperienced peppers after the Canadian Meals Inspection Company (CFIA) discovered potential salmonella contamination.

The recalled merchandise have been offered in Alberta and Saskatchewan and should have been distributed in different provinces and territories, Well being Canada mentioned in a discover issued on Wednesday. 

The affected product within the 50 gram dimension, with the UPC 8 94242 00050 4. The particular batch related to the recall is these packed on 20AL23, in keeping with Well being Canada.

There have been no reported diseases related to the consumption of the recalled product, Well being Canada says.

Well being Canada urges customers to keep away from buying affected merchandise as they might pose critical and typically lethal infections, notably, to younger youngsters, pregnant girls, aged folks and other people with weakened immune techniques.

On condition that meals contaminated with salmonella could not look or scent spoiled, the well being company warns that it could possibly nonetheless make you sick.

In line with Well being Canada, wholesome individuals who consumed meals contaminated with salmonella could expertise short-term signs reminiscent of fever, headache, vomiting, nausea, belly cramps, and diarrhea. Lengthy-term issues could embrace extreme arthritis.

Well being Canada urges Canadians to test their fridges to verify they don’t have the recalled merchandise. In the event you discovered, don’t devour, serve, use, promote, or distribute them. As a substitute, throw them out or returned them to the placement the place they have been bought.

In the event you mistakenly consumed the recalled product and have become sick, Well being Canada says you need to contact your health-care supplier.

Reporting for this story was paid for via The Afghan Journalists in Residence Challenge funded by Meta.