Salmonella linked to recalled mini pastries may have infected nearly 1,600: PHAC – CTV

January 20, 2025

TORONTO — The Public Health Agency of Canada said nearly 1,600 people may have been infected with salmonella linked to the recall of mini pastries.

The federal agency’s director of outbreak management said Monday that calculation is based on the agency’s estimation that for every reported case there’s another 26.1 in the community.

“We would estimate that 1,592 people have been affected by this event. The ones that we don’t know about may have had mild or moderate symptoms and had those resolve at home without seeking medical care,” April Hexemer said from Guelph, Ont.

PHAC issued an outbreak notice Saturday stating 61 cases of salmonella were linked to Sweet Cream brand mini pastries that were served at bakeries, hotels, restaurants, cafeterias, hospitals, retirement residences, and catered events.

The recalled pastries were imported from an Italian manufacturer, which has paused production.

Hexemer said the public health agency launched an investigation Dec.12 and noticed that an unusual number of the people infected had attended catered events that served “fancy desserts.”

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