Cucumbers Recalled Nationwide as Salmonella Outbreak Sickens Dozens—What to Know

Heads up, salad lovers: A main cucumber recall is underway within the U.S. as a result of an ongoing Salmonella outbreak.

The gist: Test your fridge ASAP for contemporary, complete cucumbers—and toss them in case you don’t know the place they’re from.

The recall impacts complete cucumbers grown by Bedner Growers Inc. and distributed by Recent Begin Produce Inc. since April 29, 2025.

The cucumbers could also be contaminated with Salmonella, micro organism that may trigger critical foodborne sickness.

The recalled cucumbers have been despatched to shops, eating places, and different amenities, and could also be inside their shelf life for the remainder of the week.

The FDA stated it’s nonetheless determining which retailers offered the recalled cucumbers and warned that they might have been offered individually and not using a label.

Thus far, there have been 26 Salmonella infections linked to the outbreak, together with 9 hospitalizations, throughout 15 states.

Folks began to get sick on April 2, 2025, with the final an infection onset on April 28.

Seven folks stated they went on a cruise ship within the week earlier than getting sick, all departing from Florida—the place Bedner Growers is positioned.

As a part of a follow-up investigation to a 2024 Salmonella outbreak, the FDA collected environmental samples from Bedner Growers. The samples got here again constructive for a similar pressure of Salmonella that induced the current outbreak.

The cucumbers are being recalled nationwide, however to this point, Salmonella infections have solely been reported within the following 15 states, listed by the variety of diseases:

• Illinois (4)
• Ohio (4)
• Florida (3)
• North Carolina (3)
• Pennsylvania (2)
• Alabama (1)
• California (1)
• Colorado (1)
• Kansas (1)
• Kentucky (1)
• Michigan (1)
• New York (1)
• South Carolina (1)
• Tennessee (1)
• Virginia (1)

If in case you have the recalled cucumbers, otherwise you’re undecided the place your cucumbers are from, throw them away.

Clear and sanitize any surfaces the contaminated cucumbers could have touched, and monitor for signs of Salmonella an infection.

The FDA can also be urging shoppers to ask eating places the place their cucumbers got here from when consuming out this week.

Frequent signs of Salmonella an infection embrace:

• Diarrhea
• Fever
• Abdomen cramps

Signs usually begin inside just a few days of consuming the contaminated meals and go away with out remedy inside per week.

Some teams—youngsters youthful than 5 years outdated, adults aged 65 and older, and folks with weakened immune methods—usually tend to have a extreme sickness in the event that they’re contaminated with Salmonella.

Search medical consideration in case you expertise any extreme Salmonella signs:

• Diarrhea and a fever increased than 102°F
• Diarrhea for greater than three days that isn’t bettering
• Bloody diarrhea
• A lot vomiting that you just can not maintain liquids down
• Indicators of dehydration, similar to not peeing a lot, dry mouth and throat, and feeling dizzy when standing up