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Volume 25, Number 3—March 2019
Dispatch

Listeria monocytogenes Associated with Pasteurized Chocolate Milk, Ontario, Canada

Heather HansonComments to Author , Yvonne Whitfield, Christina Lee, Tina Badiani, Carolyn Minielly, Jillian Fenik, Tony Makrostergios, Christine Kopko, Anna Majury, Elizabeth Hillyer, Lisa Fortuna, Anne Maki, Allana Murphy, Marina Lombos, Sandra Zittermann, Yang Yu, Kristin Hill, Adrienne Kong, Davendra Sharma, and Bryna Warshawsky
Author affiliations: Public Health Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (H. Hanson, Y. Whitfield, C. Lee, T. Badiani, A. Majury, L. Fortuna, A. Maki, A. Murphy, M. Lombos, S. Zittermann, Y. Yu, B. Warshawsky); Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit, Barrie, Ontario, Canada (C. Minielly, J. Fenik, T. Makrostergios); Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (C. Kopko, K. Hill, A. Kong, D. Sharma); Public Health Agency of Canada, Guelph, Ontario, Canada (E. Hillyer); Western University, London, Ontario, Canada (B. Warshawsky)

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Figure 2

Bags of pasteurized chocolate milk as sold in Canada, with outer bag containing brand information removed. A bag of milk similar to these, found at the home of 1 case-patient during investigation of an outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes infection associated with pasteurized chocolate milk in Ontario, Canada, was found to be contaminated with the same strain obtained from infected patients.

Figure 2. Bags of pasteurized chocolate milk as sold in Canada, with outer bag containing brand information removed. A bag of milk similar to these, found at the home of 1 case-patient during investigation of an outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes infection associated with pasteurized chocolate milk in Ontario, Canada, was found to be contaminated with the same strain obtained from infected patients.

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