That salmonella onion recall just got even bigger

[Mike Wehner]

• The onion recall over potential salmonella contamination now includes over 1,000 confirmed cases of illness.
• The onions are sold across the United States in a variety of stores and under multiple brand names.
• If you have any of the recalled products in your home, throw them out immediately and sanitize anything they may have come into contact with.

It's now been months since the CDC and FDA announced a widespread recall of onions from a distributor called Thomson International Inc., and any products containing onions from that same source. At first, the recall was isolated to a few story chains but rapidly expanded to include onions sold at places like Kroger, Trader Joe's, and Walmart.

Now, despite news of the outbreak being widely spread, the case count continues to rise, passing 1,000 confirmed infections across 47 US states. Thus far, 136 people have had to be hospitalized due to severe reactions, but luckily no deaths have resulted from the infections.

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