Update:  Quebec adds one illness to growing list.

“I can’t undo it. God is in control, not man.”

Gort’s co-owner, Kathy Wikkerink, in an interview with Canadian Press.

The Public Health Agency of Canada, along with its health and food safety partners, has been investigating thirteen cases of E. coli O157:H7 illness; four in British Columbia, eight in Alberta and one in Saskatchewan.  These individuals became ill between mid-July and early September.

Certain contaminated cheese products manufactured by Gort’s Organic Gouda Cheese Farm in Salmon Arm, British Columbia, have been identified as the source of the illnesses. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has recalled these products from the marketplace.

Province / Territory	Total cases
British Columbia	4
Alberta	8
Saskatchewan	1
Total	13

 

One of the cases in British Columbia has died as a result of E. coli O157:H7 infection.

So much for faith-based food safety.