CDC: Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Fresh Diced Onions 　

Emergency Message System

October 28th, 2023

Gills Onions of Oxnard, CA is voluntarily recalling Gills Onions branded fresh diced onions products because they have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella, an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems.

Recalled Food:
Gills Onions brand fresh diced onion products

Products include some lots of diced yellow onions (3lb bags and 8 oz cups), diced celery and onions (8 oz cups), diced mirepoix (10 oz cups), and diced red onions (8 oz cups).
Use-by dates between August 8, 2023, and August 28, 2023.

Recalled onions were sold in select stores and were also sent to restaurants and institutions nationwide and in Canada.

What You Should Do:

Check your freezers and refrigerators for recalled onion products.

If you have any, throw them away or return them to where you bought them. Do not eat them.

Although the recalled products are beyond their August 2023 use-by-dates, people may have frozen them to use later.

Wash items and surfaces that may have touched the recalled onion products using hot soapy water or a dishwasher.

Call your healthcare provider if you have any of these severe Salmonella symptoms:

Diarrhea and a fever higher than 102°F

Diarrhea for more than 3 days that is not improving

Bloody diarrhea

So much vomiting that you cannot keep liquids down

Signs of dehydration, such as:

Not peeing much

Dry mouth and throat

Feeling dizzy when standing up

What Businesses Should Do
Do not sell or serve recalled Gills Onions products or foods made with recalled onion products.
Wash and sanitize items and surfaces that may have come in contact with recalled onion products.
Symptoms of Salmonella
Most people infected with Salmonella experience diarrhea, fever, and stomach cramps.
Symptoms usually start 6 hours to 6 days after swallowing the bacteria.
Most people recover without treatment after 4 to 7 days.
Some people—especially children younger than 5 years, adults 65 years and older, and people with weakened immune systems—may experience more severe illnesses that require medical treatment or hospitalization.