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The Food and Drug Administration’s traceback investigation is ongoing but has identified Thomson International, Inc. of Bakersfield, CA as a likely source of the recent potentially contaminated onions.
FDA and the federal Centers for Disease
Continue Reading Contaminated red onion source named as Salmonella Newport outbreak infects 879
Giant Eagle grocery chain has recalled more than 50 products, including whole onions as well as deli salads, because a supplier notified the chain about an onion recall related to a bi-national Salmonella Newport outbreak
Continue Reading Grocer recalls dozens of salads, other fresh foods because of onion-related outbreak
A California man is seeking damages from Thomson International Inc. contending he was poisoned with Salmonella from the company’s onions. He is part of a multi-national outbreak that has sickened more than 500.
Keith Robert
Continue Reading San Diego man files suit against fresh produce company in Salmonella outbreak
Because of a link to a multi-country Salmonella outbreak, Thomson International is recalling all of its onions in Canada. A similar recall is underway in the U.S. Some of the onions are not labeled.
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Continue Reading Canadian recall of onions expands because of link to outbreak
Thomson International Inc. is recalling all of its onions, regardless of color, from all 50 states. Similar to a recall in Canada, the U.S. recall is because of links to a Salmonella Newport outbreak that
Continue Reading Thomson recalls all onions from the entire U.S. because of link to Salmonella Newport outbreak
Editor’s note: After this story published the U.S. Food and Drug administration and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention posted outbreak updates naming Thomson International, a California company, as the source of implicated
Continue Reading Sysco recalls red onions in Canada because of Salmonella link; U.S. mum
Sweden has reported three outbreaks of histamine poisoning in tuna from Vietnam in the past three months.
The outbreaks, which have affected about 60 people, do not appear to be directly related as the tuna
Continue Reading Three histamine outbreaks in three months for Sweden
The number of foodborne outbreaks in Norway declined slightly this past year from 2018, according to the country’s public health agency.
In 2019, 223 outbreaks from all sources were reported with 5,401 cases of disease.
Continue Reading Norway records slight decline in foodborne outbreaks
Federal health officials said this afternoon that a Salmonella outbreak of unknown origin is spreading rapidly, increasing to 23 states. Now there are 212 patients, which is up by 87 cases since the CDC’s outbreak
Continue Reading Mysterious Salmonella outbreak quickly sweeping across the country
Salmonella Newport victims who ate at an Oregon restaurant could be part of a multistate outbreak, but state and federal officials are not specifically confirming that fact.
Oregon has by far been the hardest hit
Continue Reading Restaurant patrons in Oregon could be part of nationwide outbreak
