TORONTO - The Public Health Agency of Canada says there is one case of salmonella in Canada that's associated with an outbreak in the United States.
It confirmed today that the case is in New Brunswick, in an individual known to visit the United States frequently. Spokesman Philippe Brideau says the Canadian agency is continuing to track salmonella activity to determine if any other cases are linked to the outbreak in the U.S., which has sickened more than 400 people in 43 states.
A peanut butter maker that sells bulk supplies to institutions has issued a U.S. recall of peanut butter from one its plants because of possible contamination with salmonella.
Brideau says the Canadian Food Inspection Agency has determined the product is not available in Canada.
Peanut Corporation of America issued the recall late Tuesday for 21 lots of peanut butter made in Blakely, Georgia, on or after July 1, and sold under the brand name Parnell's Pride and by the King Nut Co. as King Nut.
The company supplies peanut paste to Kellogg, which on Wednesday asked U.S. stores to pull peanut butter crackers sold under the Austin and Keebler brands.
Kellogg, based in Battle Creek, Mich., said it hasn't found problems or received complaints about those products.
"We are taking these voluntary actions out of an abundance of caution," Kellogg CEO David Mackay said in a release.
There was no indication the products are sold in Canada.
U.S. health officials on Tuesday confirmed the deaths of two people in Virginia and one in Minnesota associated with the salmonella outbreak.
(With files from The Associated Press)
