{"id":806608,"date":"2026-07-16T22:55:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T22:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/806608\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T22:55:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T22:55:09","slug":"dollarama-recall-garlic-powder-spice-may-cause-illness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/806608\/","title":{"rendered":"Dollarama recall: Garlic powder spice may cause illness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">A common pantry item sold at a popular Canada-wide chain is being recalled because of a \u201cmicrobial contamination.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) <a href=\"https:\/\/recalls-rappels.canada.ca\/en\/alert-recall\/heavenly-spices-brand-garlic-powder-recalled-due-bacillus-cereus\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/recalls-rappels.canada.ca\/en\/alert-recall\/heavenly-spices-brand-garlic-powder-recalled-due-bacillus-cereus\">published a recall<\/a> issued by Dollarama on Wednesday for a garlic powder sold in its stores. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The spice, part of the Heavenly Spices brand, is being pulled off the shelves by the retail chain because of bacillus cereus.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The product, which comes in a 70-gram container, was sold both across the country and online. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cDo not use, sell, serve or distribute the affected product,\u201d the recall noted. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The CFIA listed the garlic powder as a <a href=\"https:\/\/inspection.canada.ca\/en\/food-safety-consumers\/how-recall-food-product\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/inspection.canada.ca\/en\/food-safety-consumers\/how-recall-food-product\">Class 2 recall<\/a>, which it defines as having a \u201cmoderate risk that consuming the food may lead to short-term or non-life threatening health problems.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bccdc.ca\/Health-Info-Site\/Pages\/Bacillus-cereus-.aspx\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">B.C. Centre for Disease Control<\/a> (BCCDC), bacillus cereus is a foodborne pathogen that could lead to symptoms like vomiting and diarrhea<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Both symptoms generally resolve within a day or two, though a small percentage of cases can be more severe. Most will recover without treatment, though staying hydrated is recommended if vomiting or diarrhea is extreme. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Bacillus cereus \u201cis widespread in the environment and commonly found in the soil,\u201d the BCCDC said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The bacterium can infect some animals and could result in symptoms that can debilitate and even kill them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A common pantry item sold at a popular Canada-wide chain is being recalled because of a \u201cmicrobial contamination.\u201d&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":806609,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[712,45,49,48],"class_list":["post-806608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-apple-news","tag-business","tag-ca","tag-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/806608","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=806608"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/806608\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/806609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=806608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=806608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=806608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}