Untreated water used on cucumbers tied to salmonella outbreak that sickened 450 people in US

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Federal health officials say a Florida cucumber grower that used untreated water is one likely source of salmonella food poisoning that sickened nearly 450 people this spring.

FILE - This undated photo provided by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration shows cucumbers in Florida recalled for salmonella. Untreated water used by Bedner Growers Inc. of Boynton Beach, Fla., is one likely source of salmonella food poisoning that sickened nearly 450 people across the U.S. this spring, federal health officials said Tuesday, July 2, 2024. that sickened nearly 450 people across the U.S. this spring, federal health officials said Tuesday.

Bedner Growers supplied Fresh Start Produce Sales of Delray Beach, Florida, which recalled crates of cucumbers in late May after the first illnesses were reported. Bedner Growers also supplied cucumbers to multiple places where ill people reported buying or eating the produce, FDA said.

 

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