Mexico has quietly agreed to stop shipments of beef and processed poultry to the United States after U.S. officials repeatedly raised concerns over the quality and safety of Mexican food.

The action comes less than two months after U.S. Department of Agriculture officials finally traced a U.S. salmonella outbreak to shipments of fresh jalapenos and serranos peppers grown in Mexico. It is difficult to trace illness back to the contaminated source food that caused it, so before officials traced the outbreak to Mexican peppers, they warned people away from American tomatoes, costing U.S. farmers tens of millions of dollars

Canadian health officials confirmed 11 deaths and six other deaths under investigation as the country continue to wrestle a listeriosis outbreak since last week.

The Canwest News Service reported Sunday that the latest fatality was in Ontario. Details of the death and identity of the victim were not released

Alberta health officials confirmed Saturday Canada's 10th fatality related to the national listeriosis outbreak. The outbreak was connected to a Maple Leaf Foods Toronto plant meat recall over the past week.

Reports identified Kristen Woboditsch, 36, who died in a Grande Prairie hospital Aug. 14 after being infected by the Listeria monocytogenes bacterium in her blood and brain

- Health officials in Oklahoma are investigation the cause of a lethal E. coli outbreak that has left one man dead and many others seriously ill.

One hundred and sixteen people are reported to have contracted the severe form of E. coli. More than 50 were hospitalized, and nine people, including six children, have had to undergo dialysis

The Public Health Agency of Canada announced that the number of listeriosis deaths throughout the country has reached eight. Three victims from Ontario, previously logged as deaths under investigation, were classified as listeriosis-caused morbidity, said Mark Razienne of the PHAC.

There are 29 confirmed cases confirmed caused by the listeriosis outbreak, while another 36 cases are still under investigation