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Alberta XL Foods beef plant now linked to 13 E. coli cases, latest in Quebec
OTTAWA – Another person has become ill from a strain of E. coli linked totainted beef from an Alberta meat packer.
The Public Health Agency of Canada says the latest case involves a person from Quebec.
It brings the total number of E. coli cases involving XL Foods to 13 — seven in Alberta, four in Quebec, one in B.C. and one in Newfoundland and Labrador.
In the most recent case, the person became ill more than two weeks ago.
The XL plant in Brooks, the second largest in Canada, has not been allowed to slaughter cattle or send beef to market since Sept. 27.
On Thursday, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency allowed the plant to start processing some carcasses under increased scrutiny and testing, but no meat can leave the plant.
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