{"id":367670,"date":"2025-12-25T08:34:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-25T08:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/367670\/"},"modified":"2025-12-25T08:34:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-25T08:34:14","slug":"5-people-hospitalized-in-e-coli-outbreak-linked-to-pillsbury-brand-pizza-pops-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/367670\/","title":{"rendered":"5 people hospitalized in E. coli outbreak linked to Pillsbury brand Pizza Pops &#8211; National"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t\t\t\tBy Staff<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Canadian Press\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tPosted December 24, 2025 5:00 pm\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t1 min read\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tDescrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tIncrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>The Public Health Agency of Canada is reporting a fifth hospitalization in an E. coli outbreak linked to recalled Pillsbury brand Pizza Pops.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1765485674_689_70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The federal agency says 23 people got sick with the bacterial illness in seven provinces after eating or handling certain flavours of the frozen snack between early October and late November.<\/p>\n<p>The Canadian Food Inspection Agency recalled several pepperoni and bacon <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/pizza-pop\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pizza Pops<\/a> on Sunday due to an E. coli contamination that is under investigation.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1765813388_386_national.jpg\" alt=\"Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGet daily National news<\/p>\n<p>Get the day&#8217;s top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.<\/p>\n<p>The outbreak has now reached Alberta,\u00a0Ontario, British Columbia, New Brunswick, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Newfoundland and Labrador.<\/p>\n<p>The Public Health Agency of Canada says for every case that is lab confirmed there are an estimated 32 more undetected in the community.<\/p>\n<p>E. coli symptoms can include nausea, vomiting, headache, mild fever, severe stomach cramps, and watery or bloody diarrhea.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tTrending Now\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11590428\/humboldt-broncos-families-lawsuit-dismissed\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" 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without treatment, but people who are pregnant, under the age of five, over the age of 60, or have weakened immune systems, are at a higher risk of severe illness.<\/p>\n<p>The affected products are Pizza Pops Pepperoni + Bacon, Pizza Pops Supremo Extreme Pepperoni + Bacon and Pizza Pops FRANK\u2019s RedHot Pepperoni + Bacon, all with best before dates in June 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Link to recall:<a href=\"https:\/\/recalls-rappels.canada.ca\/en\/alert-recall\/certain-pillsbury-brand-pizza-pops-pepperoni-bacon-recalled-due-e-coli-o26\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0https:\/\/recalls-rappels.canada.ca\/en\/alert-recall\/certain-pillsbury-brand-pizza-pops-pepperoni-bacon-recalled-due-e-coli-o26<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tMore on Canada<br \/>\n\t\t\tMore videos\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2025 The Canadian Press\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Staff The Canadian Press Posted December 24, 2025 5:00 pm 1 min read Descrease article font 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