An outbreak of salmonella poisoning linked to bagged, precut onions has sickened at least 73 people in 22 states, including 15 who were hospitalized, U.S. health officials said Tuesday.
Gills Onions of Oxnard, California, has recalled packages of diced yellow onions, red onions, onions and celery and a mix of onions, celery and carrots, known as mirepoix. The products recalled had use-by dates in August 2023. They are no longer for sale in stores, but consumers may have them — or foods made with them — in freezers. Consumers should not eat, sell or serve the onions for foods made with them, health officials said.
The diced onion products were sold at food service and other institutions in the U.S. and Canada and at retailers in Arizona, California, Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington. Retail sites included Stater Bros., Bashas’ markets and Smart & Final stores in Arizona and California and Smart & Final and Chef’s Store in California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana.
Save money and health, don’t buy precut.
I’d normally agree with you but not practical if you’re adding onions to your hotdog at the baseball game.
Walking around with a bag of onions in case you encounter a wild hot dog? Either way, could always precut it yourself before you go
The article said good service stores so I assume it’s businesses buying these onions, not grocery shoppers.
Fair enough, though I would expect that businesses would prefer a one time purchase of some kind of food processor that will allow them to save money long term by buying whole products.
I can’t imagine the gas station attendant chopping onions for the minimart. You hear horror stories on sites like this from ex fast-food employees. The thing that seems to be particularly dangerous is any dispenser with long tubes, eg ice cream, beer, soda.
You have to pay someone to operate the Robot Coupe, and maintain the space to store it and clean it. Lots of food service situations can make it cheaper to buy prepped veggies.
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No, I tie one to my belt, which is the style now.
Oui.
You’re taking your own onions to a ball game?
I’m starting to think you guys don’t leave the house often.
…the vendor gives you the onions. You think they’re cutting them himself or buying pre-cut?
Don’t do that.
I know I would never. I’ve got better things to do than watch baseball while eating a hot dog.
So I tied an onion to my belt, which was the style at the time.
So I tied a salmonella-ridden bag of precut onion to my belt, which was the style at the time.
It’s not leaking, it’s crying.
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Does this include cleanup time?
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Touché
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lol thx, I spend my time wisely.
Depends on the cut.
A coarse chop, sure.
A fine mince? Unless you’ve been working a prep line for a few years, that’s gonna take longer
If you cut it into a bit of tiny happy faces it would take forever.
I wonder how quickly that’d turn in to tiny little crying faces.
Point is, even with decent knife skills, a mince takes me a couple minutes. Still, the fresh cut is better, healthier and safer, so it’s a few minutes well spent. but if I’m mincing a shit load, into the food processor it goes.
You’ll lose your Michelin star(s) that way.
I’ll just tell the food judge it’s a commentary on blue collar labor. (And maybe dump in some spaghettios)
They’ll eat that shit up,
Eating shit is a health code violation.
I hate this trend of putting things that come in their own packaging in plastic. It’s so dumb
I can see a niche use case for pre chopped fresh veggies, my wife’s little brother can’t really handle a knife but he can cook with prepped ingredients, same was true for my grandmother. It’s not a matter of lack of skill in either case, we’re talking about a disability here.
But for the most part I agree, 95% of consumers should be buying the fresh, unpackaged veggies
It’s for high volume restaurants.
This is actually the first time I’ve heard of pre-cut onions. Lol
I bet you’ve used one of these!