Several bread and bun brands recalled due to pieces of metal, says Canada's food safety agency

In this 2018 file photo, Wonder bread is seen inside a grocery distribution warehouse facility in New Jersey. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has issued a recall for several types of bread made by Wonder Brands Inc. over pieces of metal found in products.  (Mike Segar/Reuters - image credit)
In this 2018 file photo, Wonder bread is seen inside a grocery distribution warehouse facility in New Jersey. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has issued a recall for several types of bread made by Wonder Brands Inc. over pieces of metal found in products. (Mike Segar/Reuters - image credit)

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has issued a recall for several brands of bread and buns due to pieces of metal in the products.

The affected goods were sold in Ontario, Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador.

A total of 37 products were recalled, including from the brands Country Harvest, D'Italiano, Great Value, No Name and Wonder. A full list of the recalled products can be found on the CFIA's website. Those with affected products should not eat or sell them.

According to the advisory, the recalling firm is Wonder Brands Inc. CBC News reached out for comment.

A CFIA spokesperson said the agency is conducting a food safety investigation and said its own recall of some bread and bun brands is linked to a recall of Sifto brand Hy-Grade salt due to pieces of metal.

"The CFIA is not aware of any reported injuries associated with the consumption of these products," the spokesperson added.

The advisory, which was posted on Monday, did not include how many affected products had been sold. The CFIA included a link to a related and earlier recall which said another firm, Compass Minerals Canada Corp., was recalling two bulk salt products.

Loblaw said in a statement to CBC News that the Wonder Brands recall affected its Shoppers Drug Mart, Real Canadian Superstore, No Frills and Zehrs locations in Ontario and Quebec, but that the products have been removed from shelves.

Metro also said the affected bread products had been taken off of its store shelves.

This latest recall comes a week after Giant Tiger issued a voluntary recall of 15 Wonder Brands products in its stores due to "a potential foreign material." Costco also posted a recall on its wholesale site on Oct. 29 for specific Wonder Brands products purchased in Ontario between Oct. 24 and Oct. 25.

Costco shared this image with a recall posted Oct. 29 on their website, warning Ontario customers who may have purchased one of these products between Oct. 24 and Oct. 25 from one of their warehouses.
Costco shared this image with a recall posted Oct. 29 on their website, warning Ontario customers who may have purchased one of these products between Oct. 24 and Oct. 25 from one of their warehouses.

Costco shared this image with a recall posted Oct. 29 on its website, warning Ontario customers who may have purchased one of these products between Oct. 24 and Oct. 25 from one of its warehouses. These brands are now part of the CFIA recall. (Costco)

Costco said the recalled salt from Compass Minerals had been used in the Wonder products.

Both Giant Tiger and Costco said the recalled products could be returned to stores for a full refund.

Compass Minerals initiated its recall of Sifto Hy-Grade salt on Oct. 25 after a customer reported a "non-organic, foreign material," the company told CBC News in a statement. It found that nine production lots were impacted, goods from which had been distributed to "approximately eight customers in Canada."