Meal-kit provider HelloFresh is the latest company to recall products that potentially contained onions contaminated with salmonella in an outbreak that nearly 900 Americans became ill, including 100 who were hospitalized.
The onions, and food containing them, have attracted a lot of sign-ups and reminders from consumers, most recently released Wednesday by HelloFresh, urging consumers to throw away all onions received from May 8 to July 31, 2020 , according to a report posted by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
That said, customers who have already eaten meals with the recalled onions should keep in mind that cooking the product thoroughly up to 165 degrees Fahrenheit / 74 degrees Celsius, as instructed by the recipe, would kill the salmonella bacteria.
People infected with salmonella can develop diarrhea, fever and stomach cramps within hours, or sometimes days, after being exposed to the bacteria. Children and adults 65 and older are more likely to become seriously ill, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Kroger, the country’s largest supermarket chain, recently recalled more than 30 varieties of cheese dips and spreads because they can bind the recalled onions to the outbreak, according to an update late Tuesday by the CDC.
The recalled deli were sold in plastic containers between May 15, 2020 and August 6, 2020, at retail stores under Kroger-owned banners, including Kroger, Fry’s Food Stores, Fred Meyer and Smith’s, the company said.
Consumers have also been warned about eating prepared foods sold nationwide by retailers including Giant Eagle and Walmart, which may also contain eggs contaminated with the bacterium.
Kroger’s dip-and-scattered memory includes the following:
- MURRAY’S CHADS SMOKED GOUDA DIP – UPC: 207083-00000
- MURRAY’S JALEPENO JARLSBERG DIP – UPC: 207181-00000
- MURRAY’S BACON CHIVE JARLSBERG DIP – UPC: 207182-00000
- MURRAY’S SOUTHWESTERN JARLSBERG DIP – UPC: 207185-00000
- JARLSBERG DIP – UPC: 207201-00000
- JARLSBERG CHEESE SPREAD – UPC: 216407-20000
- PIMENTO CHEESE DIP – UPC: 226481-60000
- DELI JARLSBERG JALAPENO DIP – UPC: 236293-70000
- DELI BACON CHIVE JARLSBERG DIP – UPC: 236294-70000
- DELI SOUTHWESTERN JARLSBERG DIP – UPC: 236295-70000
- DELI JARLSBERG DIP – UPC: 237462-40000
- JARLSBERG DIP – UPC: 247199-00000
- DELI JARLSBERG CHEESE DIP – UPC: 286292-70000
- DELI APPLEWOOD CHEDDAR DIP – UPC: 286462-20000
- DELI BUFFALO BLUE CHEESE SPREAD – UPC: 295095-50000
- DELI SOUTHWEST CHEESE SPREAD – UPC: 295408-50000
- DELI RANCH CHEESE SPREAD – UPC: 295409-50000
- MURRAY’S CHADS SMOKED GOUDA DIP – UPC: 207083-00000
- MURRAY’S JALEPENO JARLSBERG DIP – UPC: 207181-00000
- MURRAY’S BACON CHIVE JARLSBERG DIP – UPC: 207182-00000
- MURRAY’S SOUTHWESTERN JARLSBERG DIP – UPC: 207185-00000
- JARLSBERG DIP – UPC: 207201-00000
- JARLSBERG CHEESE SPREAD – UPC: 216407-20000
- PIMENTO CHEESE DIP – UPC: 226481-60000
- DELI JARLSBERG JALAPENO DIP – UPC: 236293-70000
- DELI BACON CHIVE JARLSBERG DIP – UPC: 236294-70000
- DELI SOUTHWESTERN JARLSBERG DIP – UPC: 236295-70000
- DELI JARLSBERG DIP – UPC: 237462-40000
- JARLSBERG DIP – UPC: 247199-00000
- DELI JARLSBERG CHEESE DIP – UPC: 286292-70000
- DELI APPLEWOOD CHEDDAR DIP – UPC: 286462-20000
- DELI BUFFALO BLUE CHEESE SPREAD – UPC: 295095-50000
- DELI SOUTHWEST CHEESE SPREAD – UPC: 295408-50000
- DELI RANCH CHEESE SPREAD – UPC: 295409-50000
Kroger’s warning to consumers follows a related action involving salsa by Spokane Produce.
The products involved in the recall were sold to consumers by retailers in four states – Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington – and distributed from May 13, 2020 to August 10, 2020, according to the company Spokane, Washington.
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The recall involved the following brands, packaged in 15 ounce plastic tubs and institutional-sized one-gallon plastic containers, and included item numbers and best-by-dates, according to a report released Tuesday by the FDA:
- 83260 Saddlin ‘Up Salsa Hot 15 oz. August 16, 2020
- 83259 Saddlin ‘Up Salsa Medium 15 oz. September 30, 2020
- 83259 Saddlin ‘Up Salsa Medium 15 oz. August 5, 2020
- 83258 Saddlin ‘Up Salsa Mild 15 oz. 11 August 2020
- 84032 Salsa Verde 15 oz. August 26, 2020
- 84044 Salsa Verde gallon 28 September 2020
- 84044 Salsa Verde gallon August 11, 2020
Earlier this month, Progressive Produce recalled red and yellow onions sold on the West Coast, specifically red onions sold at Trader Joe’s stores in Arizona, California and Utah, and yellow onions sold at Ralph’s stores in California, according to a recall call posted August 10 by the FDA. Both types of onions were sold separately in bulk containers. The red onions had PLU stickers under the Pacific Gold Brand.
The move came days after Giant Eagle, which operates more than 410 stores in Indiana, Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia, recalled nearly 50 varieties of ready-to-eat products – including salads, pizzas and hoagies – which contained onions as an ingredient and have been sold to consumers since July 25, according to the company.
Memory of Giant Eagle also includes all bulk and bagged red, yellow and white onions that have been sold in its production departments since June 6, according to a report released by the FDA.
Publix recalls red onions sold in the production departments of its stores in half a dozen states – Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia – with the merchant listing the affected product due in July were scattered.
The reminder follows a public health warning from the Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Department that includes meat and poultry products made by Taylor Farms, based in Salinas, California, on July 30-31 and sold in Walmart and Kroger stores.
The warnings stem from a reminder earlier this month by Thomson International of all red, yellow, white and sweet yellow onions shipped nationwide from May 1 to the present day.
The recalled Giant Eagle products and NDC codes include:
- TUSCAN CHICKEN SALAD 20500200000
- MD CAPRESE SALAD 20660900000
- CHICKPEA & CARROT SALAD GREEK DRESSING 20686300000
- SPINACH SALAD WITH RANCH DRESSING 20730400000
- GREEN BEAN PORTABELLA 21660900000
- HALF ITALIAN SUB 21665100000
- FARMERS SALAD 21738800000
- CUCUMBER TOMATO SALAD 22657400000
- MD BLT SALAD 22657700000
- MD BUFFALO CHICKEN SALAD 22658400000
- COUNTRY STYLE PASTA SALAD FRENCH DRESSING 22658500000
- GREEK SALAD LARGE 22660900000
- GRILLED FEGETABLES 22664600000
- MD GREEK SALAD WITH GREEK DRESSING 22665100000
- MD G&G GREEK SALAD 22667100000
- GE EGG & BACON SALAD WITH FRENCH DRESSING 23657100000
- MD PHILLY STYLE STEAK STROMBOLI COLD 23660700000
- CAJUN STYLE CHICKEN MEAL 23662500000
- MD DIP REUBEN 23665100000
- MD GREEK SALAD WITH BALSAMIC DRESSING 23676600000
- STUFFING BALLS S0678 / 1602 24658700000
- 22INCH ITALIAN HOAGIE 24659500000
- SPECIALTY 12 “ITALIAN HOAGIE 24660600000
- CHEESEBURGER PIZZA SLICE 25048600000
- PHILLY STEAK PIZZA SLICE 25049300000
- PIEROGIE LASAGNA ROLL UP 25049400000
- HOMEMADE MACARONI SALAD 25060700000
- SPANIKOPITA 25061200000
- 12 “DELUXE PIZZA 25065000000
- DELUXE ITALIAN PARTY HOAGIE 25067800000
- FEGETABEL PIZZA SLICE 25070900000
- 12 “VEGETABLE PIZZA 25071800000
- BLAD FEGETABLE PIZZA 25085100000
- STUFFED BONE IN CHICKEN BREAD GOURMET 25086400000
- STUFFED BONELESS CHICKEN BREAST GOURMET 25086700000
- STUFFED TURKEY BREAST GOURMET 25086800000
- POTOTO AND CHEESE PIEROGY 25089000000
- Cold Italian HERO, 12 “25089400000
- Italian Hero, 6 “, COLD 25093400000
- SPINACH DIP DELI SERVICE CASE 25118000000
- SPINACH DIP GRAB & GO 25118500000
- MD EGG & BACON SALAD WITH LITTLE BALSAMIC DRESS 25118600000
- CUCUMBER SALAD 25139500000
- SANDWICH TOPPERS PLATTER -UP TO 25 SANDWICHES 25139600000
- ZUCCHINI PANCAKES 27665100000
- SAUSAGE PEPPERS AND ONIONS OVER PEN 27697700000
- MD S&F: SMOKE-STACKED SANDWICH 27751700000
- CALIFORNIA COBB – KLEIN 28659400000
Recalled product sold at Walmart and / or Kroger:
- 7.25-oz. plastic sealed container marked as “Sausage Breakfast Scramble Bowl” with lot code TFD212AU8 and TFD213AU8 and with a best if used by 08/06/2020 or 08/07/2020.
- 6.2-oz. plastic sealed container marked as “Taylor Farms Cheddar Cheese & Chicken Salad Snack Tray” using on 08/06/20 or 08/07/20 and lot codes TFD212AU7 and TFD213AU7.
- 41.35-oz. plastic bags with “Chicken Salad” using on 08/04/20 or 08/05/20 and lot codes TFD212AU8 and TFD213AU8.
- 10-oz. plastic sealed container marked as “Chicken Salad Deli Snack” with lot codes TFD212AU3 and TFD213AU3 with the best by dates 08/06/2020 or 08/07/2020.
- 7.75-oz. plastic sealed container marked as “HEB Shake Rattle Bowl Southwest Salad with Chicken” and a best as used on date of “Aug 10/2020 and lot code TFD213AU20.
- 17.25-oz. plastic sealed container marked as “Marketside Southwest Style Salad with Chicken” with a best if used on 08/11/20 or 08/12/2020 and lot codes TFD212AU26 or TFD213AU26.
The products have the identification number “P-34733” or “34733” within the USDA sign of inspection as a print on the container and were shipped to retail locations in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma and Texas.
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