More than 600 people across the country have been affected by a Salmonella outbreak linked to onions from California-based supplier Thomson International. Some of those onions were shipped to Nevada, but none of them were grown here. Nevada-grown onions are all safe to eat.

"Our Nevada producers are really diligent about food safety," said Ashley Jeppson, Plant Industry Division Administrator with the Nevada Department of Agriculture. "There's a lot of measures that they have in place. They assess where the biggest risks tend to be with food-borne outbreaks, and have mitigation measures in place. That includes state and federal inspections; they also go through voluntary audit programs with secondary checks in place."

Nevada is one of the country's top onion producers. Peri & Sons Farms in Yerington produces more than 4 hundred million pounds of them every year. They also grow a lot of greens, and hold their onions to those elevated safety standards, testing the water sources, the facilities, and the product before harvest.

"We have two facilities here in Yerington," said Peri & Sons Food Safety Director Sara Brinkley. "So we have certification processes that happen both at the filed, the field has to be certified, the harvest crew would be certified, as well as the facility. At that point it's shipped from the facility, and there's measures placed there. The trucks are all sanitized and there's a safety lock to prevent contamination during transport."

So if you see a Nevada sticker on that onion, you know it hasn't been affected by the recall. And you're supporting local farmers

"It's that much more of a great opportunity to support Nevada producers," Jeppson said. "They're often not affected by these outbreaks, and any time there's an outbreak and consumers stop buying a product it can lead to a lot of crop waste and have economic repercussions for our producers."

Brinkley has taken a lot of calls from concerned consumers recently.

"We explain our program and how we're keeping them safe," Brinkley said. "This is something we've been doing since 1999 and it definitely gives reassurance to our customers that they're getting a superior product."

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