RELATED: If You Bought This From Walmart, Don’t Touch It, FDA Warns. The Idaho Falls-based Potandon Produce is voluntarily recalling onions supplied from Keeler Family Farms and sold as Green Giant Fresh, per a release from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The affected onions are being recalled because they could potentially be contaminated with Salmonella, an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections. It’s especially dangerous among young children, elderly people, and people with weakened immune systems. Even healthy people exposed to Salmonella can experience fever, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain. In rare circumstances, it can cause even more serious problems—including death.ae0fcc31ae342fd3a1346ebb1f342fcb RELATED: If You Bought Any of These 7 Foods at Kroger, Get Rid of Them Now, FDA Says.
Potandon Produce originally issued the recall on Oct. 26, later updating it on Nov. 15 to include additional items. The latest items added to the recall include three- and five-pound bags of whole yellow onions, and two-pound bags of whole white onions shipped between July 15 and Aug. 22 to a retail distribution center in Champaign, Illinois. The original list also included two-, three-, and five-pound bags of whole yellow onions, as well as two-pound bags of whole white onions. The recall was initiated after an onion-packer informed the company it had supplied Potandon Produce with onions recalled by Keeler Family Farms. Thankfully, the current recall doesn’t affect any other Green Giant Fresh products or any Green Giant canned or frozen vegetable products, so you’re in the clear if you have those at home right now. RELATED: For more up-to-date information, sign up for our daily newsletter. If you have the onions that are being recalled, or if you’ve already prepared them as an ingredient in a dish, don’t eat them. Instead, throw them out or return your onions to the store where you bought them for a refund. If you have questions, you can contact Potandon’s recall coordinator at 1-800-637-8084, Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. MT, or visit its website. RELATED: Publix and Target are Pulling These 9 Popular Foods from Stores.
