At least 73 people across 22 states were sickened by precut onions, health officials announced Tuesday.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a recall for all types of Gills Onions over potential contamination with Salmonella, a serious and sometimes fatal bacterial infection. The specific Gills products believed to be the culprit behind the outbreak were sent to Arizona, California, Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington, and should be well beyond their August 2023 use-by-dates, the FDA noted.
The products technically shouldn’t still be on the shelves in stores due to their use-by date. But the FDA warned anyone who purchased any of the diced onion or mirepoix products to throw them away, even if they’ve been stored in a freezer.
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Images of the products were shared on the Gills website as potentially being the source of the outbreak. (RELATED: FDA Issues Recall On Ice Cream Products Over Listeria Outbreak)
Of the 73 people known to have been sickened, 15 required hospitalization, according to ABC News. Some of these individuals may have contracted the illness from food services and other types of eateries across the states where Gills are sold.
An average of 420 people die of Salmonella in the U.S. every year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Adults can often recover without specific treatment, but others may experience an extreme reaction that requires antibiotics.