MONTREAL - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is expanding a warning over cheese products over a salmonella outbreak in Quebec that has claimed one life.
The agency is warning the public not to consume six more cheeses products because they may be contaminated.
The six cheeses, all manufactured by Fromages La Chaudiere, which is based in Lac-Megantic, Que., include recalls for cheese brands La Chaudiere, Polo and Tradition, as well as Super C cheddar cheese curd and block fresh.
The Super C grocery stores affected are in the Eastern Townships, Quebec City and Chaudiere-Appalaches region.
The new cheeses that have been recalled include cheeses with best before dates up to Sept. 29 and Oct. 29, 2008.
The tainted cheese was discovered by agriculture department inspectors at stores in the affected regions.
One person has died and nearly 90 others have fallen ill from the salmonellosis outbreak in the province.
The lone victim is an elderly person who lived in the Chaudiere-Appalaches region, south of Quebec City.
People who eat food contaminated by the Salmonella bacteria can contract salmonellosis and about 1,000 cases are reported each year in Quebec.
Salmonellosis symptoms, which can include diarrhea, fever and vomiting, usually surface 24 to 72 hours after the consumption of contaminated food.
The infection poses a greater risk to the elderly, young children and those with weakened immune systems.
Quebec's public health department has said the listeriosis outbreak reported across the country and salmonellosis outbreaks in Quebec are not linked.
