Cheese produced at a B.C. farm has made nearly a dozen people sick, including five people from Calgary, after it was found to be tainted with E. Coli.

The illnesses are attributed to cheese manufactured at Gort’s Gouda Cheese Farm in Salmon Arm.

In total, eight people in Alberta were made sick by eating the cheese but none of them required to be hospitalized.

The youngest patient is three years old while the eldest is 78.

Health authorities in B.C. say that the bacterial infection contracted from consuming the products has also killed a person and made three others sick.

Officials are still working to confirm if it indeed was the E. Coli poisoning that killed the patient.

Authorities have ordered that 14 cheese products produced at the facility recalled.

They include:

  • Gort's Gouda Cheese Farm - Medium Gouda Cheese Quaso de Prato
  • Gort's Gouda Cheese Farm - Aged Quaso de Prato
  • Gort's Gouda Cheese Farm - X Aged Quaso de Prato
  • Gort's Gouda Cheese Farm - Cumin Quaso de Prato
  • Gort's Gouda Cheese Farm - Greek Blend: Onion, Paprika, Parsley, Pepper, Thyme, Oregano Quaso de Prato
  • Gort's Gouda Cheese Farm - Gouda Cheese with Jalapeno Peppers Quaso de Prato
  • Gort's Gouda Cheese Farm - Smoked Gouda Cheese Quaso de Prato
  • Gort's Gouda Cheese Farm - Gouda Cheese with Red Peppers, Ginger Onions & Garlic Quaso de Prato
  • Gort's Gouda Cheese Farm - Peppercorn, Ginger, Paprika, Onion & Garlic Quaso de Prato
  • Gort's Gouda Cheese Farm - Parsley, Celery, Onion, Garlic, Dill & Chives Quaso de Prato
  • Gort's Gouda Cheese Farm - Maasdammer
  • Gort's Gouda Cheese Farm - Beaufort
  • Gort's Gouda Cheese Farm - Parmesan
  • Gort's Gouda Cheese Farm - Mazouda

"This recall is the result of an ongoing food safety investigation initiated as a result of a recent outbreak investigation," the Canada Food Inspection Agency said late Tuesday.

"There may be recalls of additional products as the investigation at this facility continues."

The sicknesses were first reported in July and most of the people infected started showing symptoms in the past few weeks.

Dr. James Talbot, Alberta's Chief Medical Officer of Health, says that the cases are relatively mild, but stresses that E. Coli poisoning is very serious.

"It's relatively rare but it's not, in this case. This outbreak is nine cases overall right now and one of them died. That's a fairly high mortality rate for most E. Coli but we do have outbreaks where it seems that the organism is more likely to produce the toxin and then the mortality rate can be higher."

Health Canada says that if you bought cheese from the farm, you should throw it out immediately.

The recall includes all sizes of the raw milk cheeses sold at the facility.

Test results are pending on two other suspected E. Coli cases in the province.

Gort's Cheese products are being pulled from shelves in Calgary and the company has agreed not to manufacture it.

E. coli is a bacteria that can cause severe stomach cramps, diarrhea and even death.

Read more about the recall from Health Canada here.

(With files from the Canadian Press)