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.
The agency’s classification
FDA (Food): Class I
Class I is a situation in which there is a reasonable probability that the use of or exposure to a violative product will cause serious adverse health consequences or death.
This is the agency’s own classification, taken from its notice. The severity score below is our assessment, not the agency’s. How recall classes work
What this means for you
Our assessment, not the agency’s: severity 4/5 (Severe).
The hazard poses a serious risk of illness, injury, or structural failure. 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
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
Part of a larger recall action
This product is one of 73 recalled by Gills Onions, LLC under a single FDA (Food) recall action. The agency files each product separately, so the size of the action is not visible from this page alone.
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