A traceback investigation by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has identified several farms in the U.S. that may have provided products used in the Fresh Express salads that were recalled over Cyclospora.
Multiple farms
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Public Health is investigating an outbreak of gastrointestinal illness with diarrhea, vomiting, body aches, headaches, and fevers associated with a takeout meal from Saigon Vietnam Deli on July 25, 2020. A specific food or drink
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Officials in Ireland are investigating an outbreak of cryptosporidium linked to a salad that has affected more than 40 people.
The Health Service Executive’s (HSE) Department of Public Health East was notified of an outbreak
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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
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