Tainted deli meats in Canada may have killed one, sickened many

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OTTAWA (AFP) — An outbreak believed linked to contaminated deli meats in Canada has killed one person and made several others sick, health officials said Thursday.

"As of today, 38 cases of listeriosis have been reported and 13 have been confirmed as linked to the outbreak" in Ontario province, including one death, said Ontario associate chief medical officer David Williams.

Seventeen of the Ontario cases are still under investigation, and eight have been ruled not linked to the outbreak, Williams said.

The Public Health Agency of Canada, meanwhile, reported four other confirmed cases: two in westernmost British Columbia, one in Saskatchewan and one in Quebec.

The source of the contamination is still being investigated, officials said.

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