Recalls / Class I
Class IF-1852-2012
Class I— FDA's most serious classification, issued when there is a reasonable probability that consumption of or exposure to the product will cause serious adverse health consequences or death.
Product
Whole peeled Yellow onions, 30 lbs, UPC 02060042553, "Western Onion" label; Whole peeled yellow onions, 1400lbs and 1200 bins, "Gills Onions" label, no UPC Whole peeled Yellow onions, 20lbs, "Gills Onions" label; 25lbs, "Crossvalley" label; 30lbs, "Sysco" label; 30lbs, "Crossvalley" label; 30lbs, "Markon" label.
- Type
- Food
- Affected lot / code info
- USA Lot code: all lots on or before August 3, 2012.
- Quantity
- 787,457 lbs total
Why it was recalled
Gills Onions is recalling diced and slivered red and yellow onions and diced celery and onion mix because they may be contaminated by Listeria monocytogenes.
Recalling firm
- Firm
- Gills Onions, LLC
- Notification channel
- Letter
- Type
- Voluntary: Firm initiated
- Address
- 1051 Pacific Ave, Oxnard, California 93030-7254
Distribution
- Distribution pattern
- Nationwide in the US and to Canada
Timeline
- Recall initiated
- 2012-07-17
- FDA classified
- 2012-08-06
- Posted by FDA
- 2012-08-15
- Terminated
- 2012-10-25
- Status
- Terminated
Source: openFDA Food Enforcement endpoint. Recall record F-1852-2012. The FDA issues recall classifications as health-hazard assessments, not legal findings.