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A Montreal grocery store is recalling its ground beef due to E. coli contamination

<img src="https://www.mtlblog.com/media-library/heaps-of-ground-beef-meat-for-sale-at-a-butchers-shop.jpg?id=61416184&width=980"/><br/><br/><p>If you bought ground beef from a small grocery store in Montreal's north end recently, you'll want to check your fridge (or freezer).</p><p>The <a href="https://www.mtlblog.com/tag/mapaq" target="_blank">Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food of Quebec (MAPAQ)</a> has issued a <a href="https://www.quebec.ca/nouvelles/actualites/details/avis-de-ne-pas-consommer-de-boeuf-hache-maigre-vendu-par-lentreprise-supermarche-epilys-64410" target="_blank">food safety notice for meat sold at Supermarché Épilys</a>, located at 9204 boulevard Pie-IX in Montréal-Nord. The warning concerns lean ground beef sold at the store on July 7, 2025, which may be contaminated with a strain of E. coli that produces shiga toxins.</p><p><br/></p><div class="rm-embed embed-media"><iframe allowfullscreen="" height="450" loading="lazy" referrerpolicy="no-referrer-when-downgrade" src="https://www.google.com/maps/embed?pb=!4v1753974577317!6m8!1m7!1sXSAxtz2arYJ8NkRJUGt6XQ!2m2!1d45.58072951214044!2d-73.62377442067974!3f178.17023278977166!4f0.8813889098263843!5f0.7820865974627469" style="border:0;" width="600"></iframe></div><p><br/></p><p>All package sizes are affected, and the product was sold refrigerated in plastic-wrapped styrofoam trays. Customers are being told not to consume the meat and either return it to the store or throw it out.</p><p>According to MAPAQ, no illnesses have been reported so far. However, eating food contaminated with shiga toxin-producing E. coli can cause serious health issues. Symptoms usually appear within 2 to 10 days and can include bloody diarrhea, abdominal pain, vomiting, and, in rare cases, life-threatening complications. Freezing food does not kill E. coli; it only slows down or pauses its growth.</p><p>However, properly cooking ground beef to a safe internal temperature can eliminate the bacteria.</p><p>The grocery store is voluntarily recalling the product as a precaution and is working with food safety inspectors from the City of Montreal and MAPAQ to notify the public.</p><p>Supermarché Épilys is far from the only place in the province to encounter issues with their meat. Other recent MAPAQ recalls include the undeclared presence of milk in <a href="https://www.quebec.ca/nouvelles/actualites/details/presence-non-declaree-de-lait-dans-des-tortellinis-a-la-viande-vendus-par-lentreprise-pasta-pronto-64374" target="_blank">meat tortellini sold by Pasta Pronto</a> and the lack of information necessary for the safe consumption of pepperette <a href="https://www.quebec.ca/nouvelles/actualites/details/absence-dinformations-necessaires-a-la-consommation-securitaire-de-saucisson-pepperette-prepare-et-vendu-par-lentreprise-viandes-campbell-64368" target="_blank">sausage prepared and sold by Campbell Meats</a>.</p><p>For more information and to sign up for recall alerts, you can visit <a href="https://www.mapaq.gouv.qc.ca/" target="_blank">MAPAQ's website</a>.</p><p><em>Love this? Check out our <a href="https://www.mtlblog.com/notices/" target="_blank">MTL Blog noticeboard</a> for details on jobs, benefits, travel info and more!</em></p><p><em>AI tools may have been used to support the creation or distribution of this content; however, it has been carefully edited and fact-checked by a member of MTL Blog's Editorial team. For more information on our use of AI, please visit our <a href="https://www.mtlblog.com/editorial-standards" target="_blank">Editorial Standards page</a>.</em></p>