Why It Took Nearly a Year to Link Multiple Listeria Cases to Some Plant-Based Milks

Why It Took Nearly a Year to Link Multiple Listeria Cases to Some Plant-Based Milks
Canadian Food Inspection Agency in Ottawa on June 26, 2019. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick
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It wasn’t until a cluster of Listeria cases emerged in Ontario that the federal health agency says it was able to find the source of an outbreak that’s now linked to three deaths and 20 infections.

Ever since the Canadian Food Inspection Agency announced a national recall of several Silk and Great Value plant-based milk products on July 8, questions have swirled around why it took nearly a year to pull affected products from store shelves.