Anyone can become sick with salmonella, but young children, the elderly, pregnant women or people with weakened immune systems are at higher risk.The agency says it is working with provincial public health partners, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and Health Canada.Since Wednesday, 18 laboratory-confirmed cases were reported in British Columbia and another 18 in Alberta.
There were also three cases in Saskatchewan and six in Manitoba.The agency said Friday that people became sick between late September and mid-October, and are between the ages of nine and 89 years old.There are no food recall warnings associated with the outbreak..