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The Canadian Food Inspection Agency and Maple Leaf Foods have recalled some ham and sliced meat products after police were called in to investigate a small number of syringe casings found at an Ontario plant.

A casing was found by an employee Sunday at the Maple Leaf Foods plant in Kitchener, Ont., but not before some of the products were distributed. Police said it was the third such discovery reported by employees in the past two weeks.

Speaking in an interview with the CBC Tuesday, Maple Leaf Foods spokeswoman Linda Smith explained the reasons for the recall.

“The recall was initiated on the basis of a syringe casing that was found touching a ham, slightly embedded in a ham. It was found on a visual inspection,” she said.

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