Red Onions, Bulk

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Red Onions, Bulk Lancaster Foods LLC · reported 2020-09-23

Terminated This recall has been closed out by the agency.

Reason for recall: Lancaster Foods LLC, 7700 Conowingo Avenue, Jessup, MD 20794 is initiating a recall of products that may have been made with the 500 pounds (bulk) of red onions out of a lot of 12,000 pounds (bulk) that were under the recalled Thomson International lots because of potential presence of salmonella bacteria. Lancaster Foods LLC. states that all minimally processed items go through a sanitize step of chlorine dioxide.
Classification: Class I
Recall initiated: 2020-08-10
Reported by the agency: 2020-09-23
Closed out (terminated): 2020-12-09
Recalling firm: Lancaster Foods LLC
Jessup, MD
United States
This is the firm that issued the recall — commonly a distributor or processor. It is not the origin of contamination.
Distribution (the agency's own words): Bulk Product distributed PA,AR,MD,MA,VA,DE,CT to various retailers.
States we parsed from that text: AR CT DE MA MD PA VA
The agency named these states. Parse method explicit_state_list, confidence high.
Food category: Produce (fruit & vegetables)derived
Assigned by a reviewed keyword rulebook over the product description, not by the agency.
Recall type: Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall number: F-1436-2020

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