CBC News · Posted: Aug 07, 2020 5:42 PM ET | Last Updated: August 7
Red onion, Allium cepa, and other varieties of onions imported from the United States from Thomson International have caused more than 200 salmonella infections in Canada. They are now the subject of a recall. (FlowerPhotos/Universal Images Group/Getty)
The Public Health Agency of Canada says there are now 239 confirmed cases of Salmonella infections linked to onions imported from the United States.
"Do not eat, use, sell or serve any red, white, yellow and sweet yellow onions from Thomson International Inc. of Bakersfield, Calif., U.S.A, or any products made with these onions," the agency said Friday.
The advice applies to people across Canada, as well as retailers, distributors, manufacturers and food service establishments such as hotels, restaurants, cafeterias, hospitals and nursing homes.
Onions grown in Canada are not affected.
As of Friday, the 239 cases of Salmonella Newport illness linked to the outbreak have been reported as follows:
British Columbia: 67.
Alberta: 149.
Saskatchewan: 5.
Manitoba: 13.
Ontario: 3.
Quebec: 1.
Prince Edward Island: 1.
Since Aug. 2, Canadian investigators have found 119 more illnesses.
People became sick between mid-June and late July 2020. Twenty-nine individuals have been hospitalized. No deaths have been reported among the individuals, who range in age from less than a year to 100.
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Symptoms of a salmonella infection typically start six to 72 hours after exposure, health officials say.