The Recall Desk
SevereFDA (Food)·F-0331-2024·Announced 2023-11-15

Gills Onions 8 oz cups recalled for potential Salmonella Thompson contamination

Gills Onions is recalling 8 oz cups of diced celery and onions due to potential Salmonella Thompson contamination. Consumers should not consume affected products and should discard or return them.

What this means for you

Illness, injury, or structural failure has been reported. Stop using the product immediately and contact the manufacturer for a refund or repair.

Our severity reasoning: This is an FDA Class I recall, indicating reasonable probability that the product could cause serious adverse health consequences. FDA Class I recalls require a minimum severity score of 4 per established guidelines.

Plain-English summary

Gills Onions, LLC is recalling 8 oz cups of diced celery and onions (approximately 3,156 lb total) due to potential contamination with Salmonella Thompson. The recalled product has UPC 643550000696 and includes specific lots with use-by dates of August 15, 21, and 28, 2023.

The potentially contaminated product was distributed to distributors in Canada (Alberta, British Columbia, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario) and across the United States (Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, Montana, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Mexico, Nevada, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin).

Salmonella Thompson can cause serious foodborne illness. Consumers who purchased this product should not consume it and should discard it or return it to the place of purchase.

The recalled product

Product
Gills Onions 8 oz cups, diced celery & onions
Manufacturer
Gills Onions, LLC
Category
Food — Prepared Vegetables
Hazard
  • salmonella

Is your product affected?

Check your packaging against the codes below. If any of them match, the product is part of this recall.

Lot numbers (8)

  • UPC: 643550000696
  • Use-by 8/15/23
  • Lot 223YAS3A1Z209
  • Use-by 8/21/23
  • Lot 223YAS3A1Z215
  • Use-by 8/28/23
  • Lot 223YAM4A1Z222
  • Lot 223YAS3A1Z222

Distribution

Distributed in 36 states:

  • AZ
  • CA
  • CO
  • CT
  • FL
  • GA
  • IA
  • ID
  • IL
  • IN
  • KY
  • LA
  • MA
  • MD
  • ME
  • MI
  • MN
  • MO
  • MS
  • MT
  • NC
  • ND
  • NE
  • NM
  • NV
  • OH
  • OK
  • OR
  • PA
  • SC
  • TN
  • TX
  • UT
  • VA
  • WA
  • WI

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