CDC: Fresh whole onions causing large Salmonella outbreak in 37 states.

[Nevilledog]

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OUTBREAK UPDATE: Fresh whole onions causing large Salmonella outbreak in 37 states. Throw away any unlabeled onions at home. Do not eat, sell, or serve red, white, or yellow onions imported from Mexico and distributed U.S.-wide by ProSource Inc. https://bit.ly/3EwNocm
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2:06 PM · Oct 20, 2021

[Sanity Claws]

1. Oh damn

Shouldn't cooking kill the bacteria? I know not to eat them raw but cooked onions should be okay, right?

[Nevilledog]

3. Link to CDC doesn't say

[Hugh_Lebowski]

7. Do you own Mexico-sourced onions in such quantities that tossing them would cause hardship?

That's probably the first best question.

Cooking definitely CAN work, but you'd want it to be thorough, and pretty high heat.

Throwing them in water you're boiling for a good 20 minutes should be 100% good.

Short of that, it might be a better idea to toss in most cases IMHO.

[madville]

2. Checked my bag of yellow onions

Product of Oregon, all clear!

[berniesandersmittens]

4. Lovely

[BannonsLiver]

5. Well timed

I’m only one stomach malady away from my goal weight.

[Nevilledog]

6. *snort*

[smirkymonkey]

14. Hey, thanks for the inspiration!

[Ritabert]

8. I haven't eaten onions since last year

...when there was another salmonella outbreak with them.

[Hekate]

9. Sticker says Pacific Gold USA, so I assume we are okay with my one onion I bought yesterday

[SheltieLover]

10. K&R!

Ty!

[multigraincracker]

11. I will, as I like onions but

they don't like me.

[MissB]

12. Man, I have a ton of unlabeled red onions in the basement

Oh wait, I grew them myself.

Glad that they were able to track down the source. It’s not always easy for them to do.

[getagrip_already]

13. Lucky me.....

I had a burger with raw onion for dinner. Sigh.

As Emily latella used to say, it's always sumthin...

[smirkymonkey]

15. Darn, I was going to make some lentil soup, starting w/ onion, celery and carrot as a base.

Now I wonder if I should bother or if I would have to end up tossing it all.

[LeftInTX]

16. Only if they're from Mexico

These onions were last imported on Aug 27th.