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Gills Onions Recalls Diced & Slivered Onions Sent to U.S. and Canada for Listeria

Gills Onions, LLC of Oxnard, Calif., is initiating a voluntary recall of a single day’s production of diced and slivered red and yellow onions and diced celery and onion mix because they may be contaminated by Listeria monocytogenes, said the…

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Food and Drug Administration. The recalled products, which are packaged under the brand "Gill's Onions," were shipped between July 2-4, 2012 directly from Gills Onions to retailers in Canada and the following U.S. states: California, Montana, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah and Washington. The voluntary recall was initiated when the company was notified by FDA that a random sample of diced yellow onions taken at retail tested positive for Listeria monocytogenes. As a precautionary measure, Gills Onions is recalling all products processed on the same day and on the same line as the sample that tested positive, FDA said.