[SIZE="3"]Maple Leaf Foods has issued a recall on a popular brand of hot dogs due to concerns they may be contaminated with listeria.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency, in a news release, advised customers to throw out any of the following products, all made by Maple Leaf Foods at its Hamilton, Ont., plant:

[B][COLOR="Navy"]Hygrade Wieners, sold in 450-gram packages with a best-before date of Sept. 16; Shopsy's Deli-Fresh All Beef Frankfurters (value pack), sold in 3 x 675- gram packages with a best-before date of Sept. 17; Deli-Fresh All Beef Frankfurters, sold in 450-gram packages with best-before dates of Sept. 8 and Sept. 17; Shopsy's Deli-Fresh Regular Frankfurters, sold in 450-gram packages with a best-before date of Sept. 8; Hot Dogs Original Wieners, sold in 450-gram packages with best-before dates of Sept. 8 and Sept. 17; Top Dogs All Beef Wieners, sold in 450-gram packages with best-before dates of Sept. 8 and Sept. 15; Top Dogs Original Wieners, sold in 450-gram packages with best-before dates of Sept. 9, Sept. 10, and Sept. 15; Top Dogs Original Wieners BBQ Size, sold in 450-gram packages with a best-before date of Sept. 9; Top Dogs Wieners 33 per cent less fat, sold in 450-gram packages with best-before dates of Sept. 8 and Sept. 15.[/COLOR][/B]

[B][COLOR="Red"]Listeria, a food-borne bacteria, can lead to listeriosis if contaminated meat is consumed, which can cause high fever, severe headache, neck stiffness and nausea.[/COLOR][/B]

The CFIA statement said there had not been any reported illnesses associated with the products in this recall.

The wieners had been sold in stores nationally.

The release said that ``government and industry were able to pinpoint this potential problem as a result of the new mandatory testing and reporting requirements placed on industry in February 2009.''

A listeriosis outbreak at a Maple Leaf Foods plant in Toronto last year was linked to the deaths of 22 Canadians and prompted an investigation into food inspection practices around the country.

``After last August's tragedy, Maple Leaf is being ultracautious about listeria,'' said Dr. Randall Huffman, chief food safety officer for Maple Leaf Foods, in a statement Tuesday.

"The Hamilton plant has a very strong food safety testing and sanitation program, and the listeria monocytogenes found in random product samples is at very low levels,'' he said, adding that listeria can never be eliminated but it can be effectively controlled.

Huffman said Maple Leaf is doing more aggressive and frequent listeria testing at its plants than regulations require, which means workers are finding it more and acting whenever there is a potential food safety risk.[/SIZE]

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