UPDATED: Mexican mangoes recalled in Canada; several sick

08/24/2012 2:15:00 PM
Coral Beach

For additional information about U.S. recalls and salmonella cases linked to the Daniella mangoes, please see "U.S. distributor, retailers recall Daniella mangoes"and "United Supermarkets joins mango recall"

North American Produce Sales, Vancouver, British Columbia, voluntarily recalled an unknown number of Daniella brand mangoes from Mexico because of possible salmonella contamination. (UPDATED COVERAGE, Aug. 27) Canadian officials updated a public warning about Mexican mangoes, identifying Daniella brand as those being recalled by distributor North American Produce Sales because of possible salmonella contamination.

Several illnesses have been confirmed in relation to consumption of the fruit, according to the Canadian government.

The Daniella mangoes were sold individually. Their stickers included the Price Look-Up code of 4959 and other information, according to the Canadian Food inspection Agency. Retailers sold the mangoes between July 12 and August 14.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency posted the original voluntary recall notice from the Vancouver, British Columbia-based distributor Aug. 24.

The CFIA updated notice said the fruit "may have been" distributed in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Nunavut and Yukon.

The CFIA notice did not include any other traceability information. Officials at the distributor were not immediately available for comment.

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Letter to Editor:

Why would you authorize to run an article without giving specifics as to the label(s), &
retailer (s) involved?

What motivates The Packer to write with such irresponsibility?


You do realize that by dong this you are deliberately segregating an entire country's specific
commodity?

I understand that sometimes the complete information is not available, and also
understand that sensationalist news such as 'recalls' in the food industry attract readers, I
do not however coincide that a story with such poor investigation merits publication due to
the damages that it already has done merely to 'publish'.

Providing obscure information to mass media tool such as The Packer, it's beyond obtuse.

I dont believe that i offended any one by asking questions that i believe raise awareness and goes to prove how mass media educates public, why would you erase my comments?

Fernando,

Your comment was not deleted. Although our system allows comments to be posted without prior approval by us, sometimes a comment is flagged and held for approval because it contains a banned word.

Most of the time, as in this case, it's a misspelled word or typo. I have approved your comment, and we apologize for the delay.

Chris Koger
News Editor

You are right Fernando; that's how the Tomato INDUSTRY was hit a couple of years ago;
due to misinformation; and at the end there was no one to blame! But all this
misinformation left us a destroyed tomato industry;

I've always said this internet and social media era has created a thirst for pop
journalism. As long as advertising revenue is based on clicks or unique visitors we will
have this type of reporting.

By looking at the sticker it says Product of Mexico. Which grower grew those contaminated mangos or who contaminated it on the way to the consumer? Does the barcode in sticker tells you all the secrets? As far as I can see the barcode only tells you it is a Mango with a brand name. That's the problem!