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Safeway brand Ground Beef Recall [Canada]

Posted on November 15, 2018 by Recalls Direct™

Canada/Ottawa: Sobeys Inc., a Stellarton, Nova Scotia establishment, recalls certain batch/lots of Safeway brand Ground Beef products due to suspected Metal Fragment contamination and consequential risk of choking, oral injury, internal ingestion and GI tract laceration damage, all serious health and safety hazards.

CFIA: http://ht.ly/TGvF30mCMwB

Direct link: https://healthycanadians.gc.ca/recall-alert-rappel-avis/inspection/2018/68272r-eng.php

Additional information:
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (“CFIA”) reports the following Ground Beef products are subject to this recall:

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