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That includes 39 people in Quebec, nine in Ontario, three in British Columbia and one in Manitoba.聽

Nine people have landed in hospital.聽

The 春色直播 Food Inspection Agency has recalled products from the brands Habibi, Al Mokhtar Food Centre and Dubai, distributed in Ontario, Quebec, and sold online to consumers across Canada.

That includes Dubai chocolate, a type of treat that gained viral status for its decadent combination of milk chocolate, gooey pistachio cream and crispy knafeh, a sweet pastry.

The chocolate bar gained fame on TikTok in 2023 as influencers filmed themselves trying the confection, initially created in the United Arab Emirates. The popularity has led to copycat products and spawned many reviews and recipes on food blogs.聽

April Hexemer, the public health agency鈥檚 director of outbreak management, says she expects that reports of salmonella cases will increase because of the time it takes for someone to report an illness and health officials to confirm it.

Hexemer says it can take between 15 and 55 days to identify a case, as it involves the patient seeking care and getting tested to determine if their infection is linked to the outbreak.

鈥淭here will be quite some time before we can declare this one over,鈥� Hexemer said in an interview Wednesday.聽

She said officials estimate there are 26 more cases for every confirmed infection.

鈥淪ome people have a milder illness and don't seek medical care. Or if they do, they may not be subjected to a laboratory test,鈥� Hexemer said.

She said it鈥檚 too soon to say if there will be recalls of other pistachio-containing products, or if investigators can determine the origins of the outbreak.聽

It鈥檚 also too early to say why most of the outbreak鈥檚 cases 鈥� 75 per cent 鈥� have been females, ranging in age from two to 89 years old.聽

Salmonella is a food-borne bacterial illness that can spread several days or weeks after a person is infected, even if they don't have symptoms.

It can result in severe and potentially deadly infections, particularly for children, pregnant people, the elderly and people with weakened immune systems.

Healthy people may experience short-term symptoms such as fever, headache, vomiting, nausea, cramps and diarrhea. Those symptoms typically start six to 72 hours after exposure, and end within a week.聽

The food inspection agency encourages consumers to check the brand and product codes in the recall notice and get rid or return products that match the description.

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This report by 春色直播was first published Aug. 6, 2025.聽

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