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FDA declares salmonella-tainted cucumber outbreak to have ended

January 8, 2025 Brooklyn Eagle Staff

Cucumbers are being investigated for a salmonella outbreak. Photo courtesy of the FDA

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NATIONWIDE — A SALMONELLA OUTBREAK IN CUCUMBERS that sickened more than 100 people last fall has been declared ended, and the US Food & Drug Administration has closed the case, the federal agency announced on Wednesday, Jan. 8. The FDA, Centers for Disease Control and state partners had investigated a multistate outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium infections linked to American/slicer cucumbers grown by Agrotato, S.A. de C.V. in Sonora, Mexico. As of Jan. 8, the date this case was declared closed, 113 people who were infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella were reported from 23 states; of the 99 people for whom information was available, 28 were hospitalized. No deaths were reported. Of the 69 people interviewed, 56 (81%) reported eating or likely eating cucumbers.

Epidemiologic and traceback information demonstrated that American/slicer cucumbers grown by Agrotato, S.A. de C.V. in Sonora, Mexico were the source of illnesses in this outbreak. Several companies issued recalls for American/slicer cucumbers and products containing recalled cucumbers. These cucumbers would now be weeks past their shelf life and should be discarded.

Among the states east of the Mississippi with cases were New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and Ohio.

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