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The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has issued a recall notice on a long list of ready-to-eat meat products produced at the Maple Leaf plant in Toronto.

TheCFIAand MapleLeafConsumer Foods are warning the public not to serve or consume meat products from Establishment 97B because these products may be contaminated with listeria monocytogenes.

Maple Leaf Consumer Foods Inc., is voluntarily recalling all products manufactured at its 150 Bartor Road facility located in Toronto.

While only a handful of products were named in the investigation, Maple Leaf Foods decided to extend its recall to a total of 220 products in response to a deadly listeriosis outbreak.

Maple Leaf CEO Michael McCain announced the recall Saturday night as a precautionary measure and said no trace of listeria has been found in any products beyond the ones that were recalled earlier.

Four deaths have been blamed on the listeriosis outbreak out of 21 confirmed cases.

The latest estimates peg the cost of the recall to Maple Leaf Foods at $20 million, 10 times more than the company originally estimated.

The company posted a full list of products affected on the company’s Website, located at www.mapleleaf.ca, on Sunday.

The CFIA Web page said the effected products can be identified by the establishment number that appears on the packages. The products made at this facility bear Establishment number (Est) 97B. The establishment number is located near the Best Before or Packed On dates.

These products have been distributed nationally to retail stores and food service institutions such as restaurants, hospitals, nursing homes, and other institutional cafeterias or kitchens.

These products may also be sold at deli counters.

If the original product identity and Best Before code is not evident, consumers are advised to check with their retailer to determine if the product is included in the list of recalled products.

Brand names affected by the recall include Artisan Collection cooked meats; Best Value cooked ham; Bittners Country Hearth; Bittners/Schneiders; Boston Pizza slow-cooked shaved roast beef; Burns brand sandwich meat products; Campfire brand meat products; Compliments brand; Coorsh; Country Morning; Equality Cooked Ham; Foodservice; Harmonie Cooked Ham; Hickory Farms Beef Stick Beef Sausage; Hygrade; Kirkland Signature Smoked Pastrami Beef Rounds; Maple Leaf cooked meats, including bologna, turkey breast, deli meats, blood pudding, cooked ham, smoked meat, roast beef slices, shaved corn beef and other sandwich products; Mayfair/Marque; McDonalds Sliced Cooked Turkey Breast; Mitchell’s Sausage; Mr. Sub seasoned cooked roast beef; No Name garlic sausage, low fat smoked turkey and ham, low fat smoked turkey breast; Northern Best Value cooked ham; Olympic cooked ham; Overlander sausage, ham, pepperoni stiks; Parma pepperoni; Pizza Nova sliced pepperoni; Safeway; Schneider deli meats; Shopsys deli meats; The Butcher’s cooked ham; Tim Hortons slow roast beef; Western Family; and Westfair.

Check online at the CFIA Web site for detailed information as to exact codes and dates or contact local meat retailer or restaurant for further information.