Related Links

Outbreak related websites

• Canadian Food Inspection Agency:
  • Listeria Investigation and Recall - 2008
  • Release of the Lessons Learned Reports on the 2008 Listeriosis Outbreak
  • Listeria Investigation: Ready-To-Eat Meat Products - Questions and Answers for Consumers

• Public Health Agency of Canada:
  • Listeriosis (Listeria) Outbreak
  • Lessons Learned Public Health Agency's Response to the 2008 Listeriosis Outbreak

• Health Canada:
  • 2008 Listeriosis Outbreak: Lessons Learned Report

• Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care:
  • Chief Medical Officer of Health Releases Report on 2008 Listeriosis Outbreak

• Maple Leaf Foods Inc.:
  • Maple Leaf Foods Action Plan
  • Maple Leaf Foods blog

• Maple Leaf (related):
  • Maple Leaf Foods Class Action Settlement (This site is operated by the Bruneau Group, the court appointed Claims Administrator, handling all aspects of claims processing)

• House of Commons:
  • Subcommittee on Food Safety of the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food

Canadian Federal Government Listeria/listeriosis information

• Health Canada:
  • Health Canada. Listeria and Food Safety. August 2008
  • Health Canada. Policy on Listeria monocytogenes in Ready-to-Eat Foods

• Canadian Food Inspection Agency:
  • Food Safety Facts on Listeria

• Public Health Agency of Canada:
  • Listeriosis - Protecting the Health of Senior Citizens
  • Listeria - Protecting Your Pregnancy
  • Recommendations To Health Care Professionals

Listeria information

• Centers for Disase Control and Prevention:
  • Listeriosis - Frequently Asked Questions

• Ministère de l'Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l'Alimentation du Québec (in French only):
  • Listériose et salmonellose. (in French only) - March 31, 2009

• Canadian Medical Association Journal
  • Listeriosis: a primer. (Robert Bortolussi, MD)