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					449 Illnesses And 125 Hospitalizations Linked To Salmonella Outbreak From Cucumbers, CDC Says
					According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a salmonella outbreak linked to recalled cucumbers is responsible for 449 illnesses and 125 hospitalizations in 31 states and the District of Columbia.
“Epidemiologic, traceback, and laboratory data show that cucumbers were contaminated with Salmonella and made people sick. Testing identified the Salmonella Braenderup strain in untreated canal water used by a grower in Florida. An additional grower has been identified as a likely source of illnesses in this outbreak; however, there aren’t any products on the market and likely no ongoing risk to the public,” the agency said in an update.
“Cucumbers from both of these growers are no longer in season and products are no longer on shelves,” it added.
“Reports of sickness tied to the outbreak began in March, according to the CDC,” ABC News wrote.
Cucumbers linked to a salmonella outbreak have so far sickened 449 people across 31 states and Washington, D.C. At least 125 people have been hospitalized.
Reports of sickness tied to the outbreak began in March, according to the CDC.
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— ABC News (@ABC) August 15, 2024
The CDC has reported zero deaths linked to the salmonella outbreak.
Per CBS News:
Two Florida growers have been identified as likely sources of some but not all of the illnesses: Bedner Growers of Boynton Beach and Thomas Produce of Boca Raton, the CDC stated. One of multiple salmonella strains identified in the outbreak was detected in untreated canal water used by Thomas Produce, and additional ones were detected in soil and water collected at the farms of both, the agency said. Their cucumbers are no longer in season nor on store shelves.
According to a notice published June 1, 2024, by the Food and Drug Administration, Fresh Start Produce Sales of Delray, Florida, recalled whole cucumbers shipped to retail distribution centers, wholesalers and food service distributors in 14 states.
The recall came after the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture told the company a product sample tested positive for salmonella, Fresh Start stated at the time.
The FDA has named a second grower whose cucumbers have been determined to be a source of Salmonella in an outbreak that has sickened 449 people. https://t.co/SJ0S5pPSyO
— Food Safety News (@foodsafetynews) August 15, 2024
Food Safety News reports:
The most recent patient to develop symptoms got sick on June 4. The growers are no longer producing cucumbers and it is believed that there are no longer any of the implicated cucumbers in stores.
Based on traceback information collected, Thomas Produce Co. and Bedner Growers Inc. supplied cucumbers to multiple points of service where ill people reported eating cucumbers, according to an outbreak update from the FDA.
In addition to finding the outbreak strain in canal water used by the growers, the FDA found Salmonella in the soil at the growing locations. The agency also found other Salmonella strains the are not involved in the outbreak.
“Multiple other strains of Salmonella, unrelated to this outbreak investigation, found at Bedner Growers Inc. matched clinical isolates from illnesses in the National Center for Biotechnology Information’s (NCBI) database that occurred in previous years. CDC and FDA are working to determine whether other positive samples from Thomas Produce Company match historical clinical isolates,” according to the outbreak update.