Salmonella Outbreak Due to Fresh Diced Onions Declared Over. Source Linked to a Farm That Supplied the Contaminated Onions to Gills Onions. | Food Recalls & Alerts
80 people sick, 18 hospitalized & 1 reported dead across 22 states. Outbreak is now declared over. Source linked to a farm that supplied the contaminated onions to Gills Onions. Products were sold directly to consumers in 6 states and to foodservice & institutions nationwide and in Canada.
Who's At Risk?
Salmonella can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems.
Symptoms
Symptoms include fever, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea (which may be bloody), and abdominal pain. In rare cases, the organism can get into the bloodstream and producing more severe illness such as arterial infections (i.e. infected aneurysms), endocarditis and arthritis.
