In an update, the Food and Drug Administration says the Center for Disease Control and Prevention has declared a multistate outbreak of Salmonella Montevideo traced to field-grown cucumbers over.
FDA and CDC traced the outbreak, which sickened 69 people in 21 states, to cucumbers grown by Bedner Growers, of Boynton Beach, Fla., and distributed by Fresh Start Produce Sales, Inc., of Delray, Fla.
Of the 35 people interviewed, 29, or 83% reported eating or likely eating cucumbers.
The FDA says epidemiologic and traceback information showed the cucumbers grown by Bedner Growers, were the source of illnesses in this outbreak.
And while several companies and retailers recalled products, the recalled items are past its shelf life and should no longer be available for sale in stores.
The FDA says as part of its investigation, it collected a product sample of cucumbers grown by Bedner Growers from a distribution center in Pennsylvania, where it detected salmonella. Whole genome sequencing determined that the product sample matched the strain linked to the illnesses in the outbreak.
Additional analysis conducted on the cucumber sample from the FDA found a strain of Salmonella Braenderup that matched a strain of Salmonella linked to some illnesses in the 2024 outbreak of Salmonella Africana and Salmonella Braenderup.
