BARFBLOG: 5 sick, 1 dead in new listeria outbreak in CANADA

22.sep.09
barfblog
Doug Powell

Canadian health types can't seem to decide whether to go public with bad
health news or whether to do it just enough to cover their asses
afterwards.
A press release showed up on the Public Health Agency of Canada web site
dated 21.sep.09 but it didn't show up in any of the other notification
systems like e-mail or RSS feeds. No media has picked it up. Phyllis
Entis of e-food alert noticed it, so good.
http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/alert-alerte/listeria/listeria_20090921-eng.php
http://efoodalert.blogspot.com/2009/09/canada-investigates-new-listeria.html
The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) is working with provincial and
local health authorities, Health Canada and the Canadian Food Inspection
Agency (CFIA) to investigate cases of Listeria monocytogenes in Canada.
Currently, there are six cases under investigation. The six cases were
caused by the same strain of Listeria monocytogenes. This strain is
relatively common and it is unknown whether or not these cases are
connected to the same source. 
Investigation is ongoing to determine the possible cause of illness in
each individual case, and to determine if there is a common source for
the infections. 
One of the cases has died, and listeriosis contributed to this death.
... However, most healthy people exposed to Listeria are at very low
risk of being affected by the bacteria.
Why do bureaucrats insist on saying listeria is low risk? I'm sure it
doesn't feel low-risk to the sick people and dead person. Just report
what is being done.