admin After Canadian health officials, U.S. health officials have linked an ongoing multistate and multi-country Salmonella Newport outbreak to onions.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is advising consumers and industry not to eat, serve, or sell any onions from Bakersfield, CA-based Thomson International Inc. The onions types affected contain red, white, yellow, and sweet varieties. The warning also includes products made with these onions.
Till the end of July, a total of 396 illnesses have been counted in 34 states.
Whole-genome sequencing analysis illustrates that an outbreak of Salmonella Newport infections in Canada is related genetically to this outbreak in the U.S. This means that people staying in both of these outbreakspossibly share a common source of infection.
According to the web sources, Thomson International’s general food safety stated thatThomson International has built a network of representative and joint venture growers throughout Mexico and California. Expansion and success means never compromising on food safety and innovation.Thomson International never takes food safety issues lightly.
The daily structure of our farming and packaging activities from the initial plantings to the truck loading focuses on absolute food safety guidelines. Across every Thomson family generation, we are proud to employ GAP (Good Agricultural Practices) to ensure sanitary harvest crews and packing equipment. A steady flow of trucks daily moves through Bakersfield on California I-5 to pick up orders delivered to most locations within 24 hours.
As owners and sales professionals, we can walk out and see the products being produced. When quality or safety issues surface, we can immediately incorporate solutions to ensure the quality of our on-site watermelon, onion and bell pepper packing plants.
Thomson International’s onions were recalled on August 1st, 11 days after CDC’s initial statement of an outbreak.
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