TORONTO - The number of snack foods being recalled in Canada because of the deadly salmonella outbreak from tainted peanut products in the U.S. now tops 200.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has added another 30 products to its recall list including snack bars from Pit Bull and Atkins Advantage and bags and cans of peanuts and bridge mix and ice cream from brands such as Madelaine, Ice Cream Specialties Inc., and North Star.

"Right now there's a total of 44 Canadian-manufactured products and 169 United States products, which brings us to a total of 213 products to date being recalled," CFIA spokesman Garfield Balsom said Saturday.

The agency said the recalled foods contain peanut products including butter or paste, as well as whole, crushed and powdered peanuts that have been recalled in the U.S. and Canada by Peanut Corp. of America due to salmonella contamination. The recalled snack foods may have been distributed nationally.

The salmonella outbreak has been blamed for at least eight deaths and 575 illnesses in 43 states and more than 1,550 products have been recalled in the U.S.

Balsom says no confirmed illnesses in Canada have been recorded. But a New Brunswick resident who purchased a product in the United States while travelling is among those who became ill in the U.S.

Eating food contaminated with salmonella may cause the illness salmonellosis, which can cause high fever, severe headache, vomiting, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea in otherwise healthy people. But in young children, the elderly and people with weakened immune systems, the CFIA said salmonellosis may cause serious and sometimes deadly infections.

The U.S. Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation into the Peanut Corp. of America's Blakely, Ga., plant which inspection records show was shipping salmonella-laced peanuts as far back as 2007 that it knew were probably tainted and sometimes after tests had confirmed such contamination.

A Peanut Corp. lawyer said the company is investigating what happened at the plant and had no comment on the latest FDA findings.

"We have not made a determination yet on liability," said lawyer Amy Rotenberg. "We are neither denying or admitting liability at this point. We are still investigating."

"The investigation in the United States is quite large," said Balsom.

"There's a tremendous amount of product going back to 2007, and that investigation from our knowledge is still continuing. We're still getting information as the trace back continues with regard to Canadian product."

Officials at CFIA are "working around the clock, seven days a week" to identify and remove all affected products imported into Canada from the U.S. "We have staff in our office that are compiling information on a daily basis and we'll continue to do that until the... traceback is finished," said Balsom.

The agency has posted a list of recalled products on its website as well as links to the websites of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Petsmart and the Canadian Humane Society, which list recalled pet treats.

On Friday, Oregon Public Health officials confirmed the state's first salmonella-related illness in a dog from tainted peanut products. They said the three-year-old mixed breed dog named Levi got sick late last month after eating Happy Tails multi-flavoured dog biscuits.

Balsom said he has no knowledge of any pets in Canada becoming ill from consuming pet treats.