Overview
- CFIA now requires federally licensed importers and manufacturers to hold and test any Iranian pistachios imported before September 27, including unrecalled items made with those nuts, before sale.
- The temporary ban on importing pistachios and pistachio-containing products from Iran, imposed on September 27, remains in effect.
- PHAC reports 155 laboratory-confirmed infections across six provinces with 24 hospitalizations and no deaths, and cases span ages 1 to 95 with most in women.
- CFIA continues targeted testing, inspections and recalls, is verifying removal of unsafe products from stores and online listings, and warns that noncompliant firms face fines, licence action or prosecution.
- Recall notices have expanded across Canada, and public health officials advise consumers to avoid pistachios of unknown origin or labeled from Iran and to check the federal recall list.