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The Produce Reporter Week in Review – August 21, 2020

- General News
Summer is salad time, but Pamela and Greg discuss how the leaf items coming from the Salinas, CA, area will face disruption because of heat and fires in the area.

HelloFresh recalls onions that may have Salmonella

- General News
HelloFresh has been informed by one of its ingredient suppliers that it is conducting a voluntary recall of its onions due to the potential presence of salmonella bacteria. Please discard all onions received from May 8 through July 31, 2020.

FDA narrows bagged salad Cyclospora outbreak investigation

- General News
FDA’s traceback investigation identified several farms in the U.S. that may have provided product used in the Fresh Express salads that were recalled. FDA investigated multiple farms identified in the traceback.

CFIA adds Krown brand onions to Salmonella recall

- General News
Krown Produce Inc. is recalling Krown brand red and yellow onions grown by Thomson International Inc., Bakersfield, California, and imported from the USA, from the marketplace due to possible Salmonella contamination.

CFIA issues alert for microgreens Salmonella risk

- General News
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is warning the public not to consume and retailers, restaurants and institutions not to sell or use the product described below due to possible Salmonella contamination.

Taylor Farms recalls products containing onions

- General News
Taylor Farms Texas, a Dallas, TX establishment, is voluntarily recalling products containing onions as a result of the expanded onion recall initiated by Thomson International, Inc., which resulted in a recall by Taylor Farms’ onion supplier.

Publix recalls red onions due to possible Salmonella risk

- General News
Publix Super Markets is issuing a voluntary recall for red onions, packaged by Del Monte Fresh Produce, N.A., Inc. This recall is associated with the Thomson International Inc.

ELEVATE and NSF International to offer EFI certification auditing

- General News
Equitable Food Initiative continues to focus on value-added solutions to further standardize its audit process and eliminate audit fatigue.

Tanimura & Antle HarvestSelect produce box advances

- General News
Tanimura & Antle announced the addition of fruit and root vegetables to their evolving Tanimura & Antle HarvestSelect program in order to remain fully compliant with the new USDA Food to Families program standards.

Thomson International recalls onions in Salmonella outbreak

- General News
Thomson International Inc. of Bakersfield, California is recalling Red, Yellow, White, and Sweet Yellow Onions shipped from May 1, 2020 through the present.