New Labels To Help Food Allergies

There's one bright side if you have food allergies...  new rules take effect today that are aimed at protecting you.

Food companies in Canada must now clearly state on the label certain ingredients that could trigger life-threatening allergic reactions -- things such as wheat, peanuts, milk, eggs, and soy.

Cookie & Spice Recall From CFIA

A couple of warnings from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.


One warning is not to consume, sell or serve the Spice Kingdom brand dried Egyptian Basil because it may be contaminated with Salmonella.

Spice Kingdom brand BASIL - EGYPTIAN, 30M, Whole, Fancy, bearing Lot No. 4685/E, was sold in bulk 25 kg (55 lbs) bags to cash & carry outlets, restaurants, bakeries and food service establishments in Quebec, Ontario and Manitoba.  So far there's been no reported illnesses. The importer, Shah Trading Co. Ltd., Scarborough, ON is voluntarily recalling the affected product from the marketplace. The CFIA is monitoring the effectiveness of the recall.


In another case CFIA is warning people with allergies to milk not to consume the Crispy Just Baked, Crispy, and Sunrize Oven Fresh brands of Cookies described below. The affected products contain milk which is not declared on certain labels.


All codes of the following Cookies which do not clearly declare milk on the labels are listed below:
Brand Product Size UPC
Crispy Just Baked Punjabi Cookies 380 g 6 27265 00153 7

Crispy Just Baked Punjabi Cookies 800 g 6 27265 00152 0

Crispy Just Baked Punjabi Cookies 1.135 kg 6 27265 00151 3
Crispy Just Baked Almond Cookies 400 g 6 27265 00120 9

Crispy Just Baked Coconut Cookies 400 g 6 27265 00121 6

Crispy Just Baked Pistachio Cookies 400 g 6 27265 00601 3

Crispy Just Baked Salted Khari

Biscuits 200 g 6 27265 00247 3

Crispy Butterfly Cookies

Baqar Khani 340 g 6 27265 00132 2

Crispy Just Baked Cashew Cookies 400 g 6 27265 00602 0

Crispy Just Baked Cashew Cookies 800 g 6 27265 00262 6

Crispy Just Baked Cashew Cookies 1.135 kg 6 27265 00272 5

Crispy Just Baked Zeera/Cumin Cookies 400 g 6 27265 00116 2

Crispy Just Baked Zeera/Cumin Cookies 800 g 6 27265 00216 9

Crispy Just Baked Zeera/Cumin Cookies 1.135 kg 6 27265 00274 9

Sunrize Oven Fresh Zeera Cookies 400 g 6 27265 00865 9

Four People In Hospital After Car Accidents

Four people are in the hospital after two unrelated car accidents.

Yesterday around 5:30pm fire crews responded to a two vehicle accident by Parkway Mall. Two people were sent to hospital resulting from their injuries.

In another incident a man and a woman were sent to hospital with serious injuries after a single car went off Gondola road and flipped over. They're in their early twenties. Rothesay Police say alcohol and speed may have been a factor.