Red Onions Linked to Salmonella? Here’s What You Need to Know and How You Can Be Proactive

You may only associate salmonella with raw eggs and undercooked chicken, but there is more to it than that. To put it simply, salmonella are bacteria that make people sick. This bacteria commonly causes a foodborne illness called salmonellosis.

The strange way chicken owners are getting salmonella

When you were a kid, did your mom warn you about the dangers of salmonella in raw eggs? Whenever you’d bake together, you still had to sneak that spoonful of cookie dough though, right? Now as an adult, you remember the warnings, and wash your hands with vigilance after handling raw chicken meat or raw eggs. But salmonella can still happen -- sometimes in unexpected ways.