The FDA warns people not to sell, serve or eat cucumbers cultivated by producers of Bedner and distributed by sales of fresh departure products between April 29 and May 19.
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) remembers cucumbers across the country during an epidemic of Salmonella which overthrew more than two dozen people in several states.
The FDA announced on Monday announced a recall for cucumbers cultivated by the Growers of Bedner, based south of Florida, between April 29 and May 19.
The FDA says that the sales of Fresh Start products have distributed them to retailers, distribution centers, wholesalers and food distributors nationwide, making people sick from California to Kansas in New York – and we don’t know exactly where they could have been.
“Cucumbers may have been sold individually or in smaller plans, with or without a label that do not support the same brand, the same product name or the best per date,” said the agency.
The cucumbers in question have been linked to what the FDA calls an “epidemic for several states” of Salmonella Montevideo, a bacterial disease that affects the intestinal tract.
On Tuesday, cucumbers rendered 26 sick people, nine of whom required hospitalization, according to the centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
The cases are distributed in 15 states: Alabama, California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Caroline du Nord, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Caroline, Tennessee and Virginie.
The agency claims that investigators carrying out a follow -up inspection in April levied an environmental sample from Grewers de Bedner, which was positive for the disease and equaled recent clinical samples of people who fell ill.
“The FDA Tradeback survey has identified Bedge Growers, Inc. as the common producer of cucumbers in this current epidemic,” he said.
Recognizing that Salmonella is a “serious health problem”, Bedner Growers said in a press release that he launched the recall “in an abundance of prudence and by a deep respect for public health”.
Symptoms of salmonella infection include diarrhea, fever, stomach cramps and vomiting. They usually start 12 to 72 hours after eating contaminated foods and can last four to seven days.
While many people generally recover by themselves in a few days, diarrhea can cause serious dehydration that requires medical care.
The FDA says that anyone who has symptoms of a salmonella infection, especially after eating cucumbers, should report them – and ask for care – from its medical supplier.
What should buyers do?
The FDA and the CDC work with the national and local authorities to investigate the epidemic. They warn that people with cucumbers already in their refrigerator should be mistaken on the side of prudence.
“If you can’t say if your cucumber has been cultivated by Bedner producers, throw it away,” said the FDA. “By eating in next week, ask if cucumbers came from Growers or Fresh Start Produce Sales, Inc.”
Consumers, restaurants and retailers who have already managed potentially contaminated cucumbers should carefully disinfect all the surfaces or containers they have received.
The FDA teaches restaurants, retailers and distributors who may have bought cucumbers between April 29 and May 19 to inform their customers of potential health problems and disinfect zones – including bulk trash cans – that vegetables have affected.
In general, the CDC recommends following several food security advice to try to prevent food poisoning.
He advises people to wash their hands, utensils and surfaces often; Rinse fruits and vegetables under running water before eating or peeling them; Keep food that will not be cooked separate from raw meat and poultry; And refrigerate perishable foods in two hours – or an hour if the temperature is greater than 90 degrees Fahrenheit. He says food should be deflected in the refrigerators, not on the counters.
Food scientists have said that during product washing, it is not necessary – and could even be counterproductive – to use soap or let it soak in a bowl of water. Peeling products can reduce the risk of bacteria consumption, but it is not a guarantee.
Where could cucumbers be?
According to the map of FDA epidemics, states with the most disease reports are Illinois, Ohio, North Carolina and Florida, the House of Bedner producers.
The FDA says that some of the affected cucumbers were previously available for sale in the three locations of Florida de Bedner’s Farm Fresh Market; Boynton Beach, Delray Beach and West Palm Beach.
A spokesperson for Bedner producers told NPR on Wednesday that the producer markets had “already recalled and eliminated all the cucumbers possibly contaminated”.
“The current products that you will find today on the markets are not completely affected by this recall,” added the company.
The FDA says that it is aware that contaminated cucumbers are available “both in restaurants and in retail businesses” and always works to trace them.
Sales of fresh departure products declared at NPR in an email that he “informed all of his clients of wholesale and regional distribution center assigned and asked them to provide their customers with recall instructions, in particular by immediately inventing the locations of the point of purchase of consumers such as retail stores and restaurants.”
The FDA claims that the products purchased by distributors, restaurants and retailers have been labeled as Supers, Selections or Plains.
How unusual is this epidemic?
The CDC estimates that Salmonella causes approximately 1.35 million infections in the United States each year, mainly by contaminated food.
Salmonella infection is one of the main causes of foods of food origin and hospitalizations and deaths linked to food of food. The CDC says it is more common in summer, with warmer temperatures and non -refrigerated foods.
Raw meat, seafood and poultry – in particular chicken – are a common culprit, just like raw or under -cuite eggs. But fresh products can also cause infections, for example, if washed during treatment with water contaminated with salmonella.
Cucumbers have specifically been the subject of several major Salmonella reminders in recent years. An epidemic in June 2024 overturned 551 people in 34 states and Washington, DC, and the CDC recalled Mexican cucumbers in November after 68 people fell ill.
In fact, the FDA finally determined that Bedner Growers was one of the many probable sources of this summer epidemic – which is why it collected the company’s follow -up samples last month.
