The onions in your kitchen could give you food poisoning

Friday, August 7, 2020 - 17:10 in Health & Medicine

Yellow and red onions are out. Spring onions (not really onions!) are in. (Sincerely Media/Unsplash/)It’s been a few months since the US had a big produce recall, but the country now has another doozy on its hands. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Centers for Disease and Prevention (CDC) have warned people in all 50 states, plus Washington, D.C., to throw out old onions they have in their kitchens. The advisory comes after Thompson International, a large-scale grower based in California, recalled red, white, yellow, and sweet yellow onions for salmonella contamination. More than 600 cases in 43 states have been traced back to Thompson so far, with no reports of deaths. Canadian officials are investigating a possible outbreak in the lower provinces as well.The onions in question were shipped between May 1 and August 1 of 2020. Because some retailers re-label wholesale products (Food Lion and Kroger are two...

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