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WINNIPEG - A Winnipeg food processor is recalling its pre-cooked meat products after an Alberta customer found contamination concerns.

Smith's Quality Meats, which sells in provinces from British Columbia to Ontario, has voluntarily pulled a wide variety of its products from shelves testing suggested they may have come into contact with listeria.

"All cooked products are in the process of being removed from store shelves," said Smith's spokesman Andy Van Patter in a release.

The recalls affect meat products with best-before dates between June 11 and September 3. The products include salami, weiners, garlic sausage and roast beef.

"The discovery was made on one product at one location in Alberta through testing performed by our customer," said Van Patter. "There (is) no indication that other products are affected."

There have been no reported illnesses from eating the products and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency is monitoring the recall.

"That being said, in light of what has happened in this industry over the last couple of years it is only prudent for us to recall all of our cooked products as a precaution," Van Patter said.

In 2008, 22 people across Canada died after eating deli meats contaminated with listeria from Maple Leaf Foods, triggering the largest meat recall in Canadian history.

Listeria can also cause fever, headaches and nausea, and children and pregnant women are considered particularly at risk.