Following the five deaths reported in Ontario recently due to the alleged contamination of deli meat with listeria, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency will be conducting an investigation to review the deaths and check for the association of the deaths with Siena Foods Ltd.'s recall of meat.

The province's Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, Spokesman Andrew Morrison shared that the analysis of the previous recall measures which involved the matching of hose meats via a "genetic fingerprint'', proved the dissociation of the recalls with the reported deaths.

"It's important to note that those new products they recalled have a different genetic fingerprint than the first two'', he said.

This Saturday, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and Siena Foods proclaimed that the dried meat products may be contaminated with listeria monocytogenes.

Mr. Morrison further said that the Ministry has been working on 14 cases of listeriosis.

The recent recall included the products falling with best-before dates of March 8 and March 22 from the stores in Ontario, Quebec and Alberta.

Siena Foods has stopped its production in its plant in Toronto, and has been assisting Canadian Food Inspection Agency's inspectors in investigating the issue.