The Food and Drug Administration has added more companies to a list of recalls due to a multistate outbreak of Salmonella Montevideo linked to field cucumbers grown by Bedner Growers.
Bedner Growers recalled its cucumbers sold directly to consumers at Bedner’s Farm Fresh Market between April 29 and May 14, as well as cucumbers also distributed by Fresh Start Produce Sales.
In an update, the FDA said it had detected other types of Salmonella in the cucumber sample collected at a distribution center in Pennsylvania that originated from Beldner Growers. The agency said the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is working to determine if any human illnesses match these additional strains, and further analysis of the sample is pending.
According to a news release, companies that further processed the cucumbers are:
- Kings, Isabelle’s Kitchen Inc. and Maple Avenue Foods — Salads containing fresh cucumbers.
- Supreme Produce — Fresh cucumbers and salad and vegetable trays containing fresh cucumbers.
- Snowfruit & Snowfox — Fresh-cut cucumber items and sushi products.
- East Coast Fresh, TOPS, Wellsley Farms, WEIS, AHOLD, Jack and Olive, Created Fresh, Spring and Sprout — Salads, salsas and other products containing salsa containing fresh cucumbers.
- PennRose Farms — Whole cucumbers.
- Walmart’s Marketside — Fresh-cut cucumber slices.
- The Albertsons Cos. — Ready to Eat and Star Market Greek Salad.
- Ukrop’s Homestyle Foods — Marinated cucumber salad.
- Big Y Foods — Made-to-order subs, wraps and paninis.
The FDA said Target has also issued a recall of products grown by Bender Growers.
Other companies had also announced recalls related to the multistate outbreak.
