Salmonella Outbreak Warning for Red Onions
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MONDAY, Aug. 3, 2020 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is asking consumers to avoid red onions from Thomson International Inc., a California supplier, because they might be tied to an outbreak of Salmonella Newport infection.
“The FDA has been working with CDC, state, local and international partners on a rapidly developing investigation of an outbreak of Salmonella Newport infections likely linked to red onions,” Frank Yiannas, FDA’s deputy commissioner for food policy and response, said in a statement.
Canadian health officials have linked a similar outbreak to red onions from the United States, he said. The FDA has now also tied the U.S. outbreak to red onions from Thomson International.
“Consumers, restaurants and retailers should not eat, sell, or serve red, white, yellow, or sweet onions from Thomson International and if you cannot tell if your onion is from Thomson International Inc., or your food product contains these onions, you should not eat, sell or serve it, and should throw it out,” Yiannas said.
Thomson International has told the agency that it will recall all white, yellow and sweet onions that might have come in contact with contaminated red onions.
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