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May 4, 2021
KOR Services, LLC, which does business as KOR Produce, filed a complaint in the Central District of California on Friday alleging that Thomson International Incorporated owes it over $1.7 million after a salmonella outbreak required it to dispose of onions it had purchased from the defendant and sold to other companies, including Sysco a food distributor.Â
Reportedly, on February 29, 2020 the parties entered a marketing agreement where it would supply onions to KOR Produce and Onions 52 Inc. According to the agreement, Thompson International would supply onions it grew, which matched U.S. Department of Agriculture guidelines and Food Safety Modernization Act standards, to the plaintiff. The onions would be marketed and sold by KOR Produce and Onions 52. The plaintiff would pay back sales proceeds to Thomson International after deducting a sales commission.Â