Retailers Joe and Ralph’s stores on the West Coast recall onions that may contain salmonella in the middle of a outbreak of the bacterium that is now more than 600 people sick in 43 states.
Progressive Produce recalls 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 reminder call posted Monday by the US Food and Drug Administration. The red onions were sold under the Pacific Gold Brand, while others were sold separately in bulk bins.
Consumers have also been warned in recent days to eat prepared foods that could contain onions contaminated with the bacteria sold nationally by retailers including Giant Eagle, Walmart and Kroger.
The move comes days after Giant Eagle recalled nearly 50 of a variety of ready-made products sold to consumers since July 25 – including dozens of varieties of salads, pizzas and hoagies – that include onion as an ingredient, according to the company, which it serves more than 410 stores in Indiana, Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. (See the full list of recalled products below.)
The products may contain memories of onions linked to a salmonella outbreak that has caused 640 diseases, including 85 hospitalizations, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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, the CDC said.
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.
The reminder follows a public health warning from the Department of Agriculture’s Department of Meat and Poultry Products’ Food Safety and Inspection on July 30 and 31 made by Taylor Farms, based in Salinas, California, and sold in Walmart and Kroger stores.
The warnings stem from a reminder earlier this month by Thomson International of all the red, yellow, white and sweet yellow onions shipped nationwide with effect 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 KIPPENBROEK GOURMET 25086400000
- STUFFED BONELESS CHICKEN BREAST GOURMET 25086700000
- STUFFED TURKEY BREAST GOURMET 25086800000
- POTOTO AND CHEES PIEROGIES 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
- ZUCHINNI 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 by date 08/06/20 or 08/07/20 and lot codes TFD212AU7 and TFD213AU7.
- 41.35-oz. plastic bags with “Chicken salad” with use on date 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 registration 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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