This adored aromatic has had a rough few months—now this week's grocery chain advisory has been followed by an update we don't see often.
This Week’s 6-State Onion Recall Has Been “Taken Down,” Sources Announce
Published on Mar. 07, 2025
Onions have not had it easy lately. It started in the fall with the E. coli outbreak that even affected some McDonald’s restaurants. For days to follow, new onion recall updates kept unfolding like the layers of the beloved bulb vegetable itself.
This week, more onion concerns rose when Kroger’s website posted a notice with subsequent updates that four types of onions had been recalled: Sweet onions, jumbo yellow, white, and red. At that time, the nation’s biggest traditional grocery chain stated the reason for the recall was that the four onion types, which had reportedly been distributed to Kroger locations in six Southern states, “may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.”
Friday morning, a representative for the National Onion Association reached out to advise us that the onion recall announcement had been “taken down,” adding: “The supplier, Tex Mex Sales, has clarified that it did not issue a recall of onions. Following sound scientific procedures and food safety best practices, the company had requested that customers temporarily hold product while additional information was gathered to confirm the absence of a pathogen following routine facility testing.”
So while the inspection might have caused concern, Tex Mex Sales says on the contrary, that safety hold on the onions was requested out of an abundance of caution. “We have an aggressive environmental testing program, which we will continue to improve to ensure our organization is constantly providing not only the best tasting but the safest onions possible,” they state.
This comes at a time when produce farmers are navigating unprecedented challenges like workforce and climate issues—the National Onion Association representative noted that “recall notices can be big deals for produce suppliers, whose customers rely on accurate reporting that influence their decisions.”
Kroger removed the recall announcement from their site earlier this week—so, shoppers, officials say the coast is clear to chop and cook away.
Tex Mex Sales’ website says the company is headquartered in Weslaco, TX, close to the border of Mexico. Meanwhile Kroger operates more than 1,200 stores nationwide, with an additional 1,500 under 20 different brand names like Harris Teeter and Fred Meyer. This week, multiple outlets such as CNN reported that Kroger’s CEO stepped down amid board questions over “personal misconduct.”
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