The Public Health Agency of Canada says 61 cases of salmonella across the country, including 17 that have required hospitalization, have been linked to recalled mini pastries.
The agency says the Sweet Cream brand treat has been distributed at bakeries, hotels, restaurants, cafeterias, hospitals and retirement residences, as well as served at catered events.
A statement says 33 of the 61 illnesses are in Quebec, 21 are in Ontario, four are in British Columbia, two are in Alberta and one is in New Brunswick.
The public health agency says people who have gotten sick range in age from three to 88, and 61 per cent of them are female.
“People became sick between late September 2024 and mid-December 2024,” the public health agency wrote in a statement Sunday.
“Many people who became sick reported eating mini pastries at catered events or other establishments where the recalled product was served.”
A Saturday notice issued by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency says the recall covers Sweet Cream mini patisserie four-kilogram boxes and one-kilogram trays with best before dates from June 17, 2025 up to and including Nov. 15, 2025.
The food inspection agency says healthy people infected by salmonella may experience short-term symptoms such as fever, headache, vomiting, nausea, abdominal cramps and diarrhea.
A salmonella infection can be more serious for young children, pregnant people, the elderly and people with weakened immune systems.
CBC News has reached out to Importations Piu Che Dolci, which imports the Sweet Cream product, for this story.