CDC warns of a Salmonella outbreak linked to cucumbers

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For immediate release: November 29, 2024
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Key Points

  • Sixty-eight people infected with this outbreak strain of Salmonella have been reported from 19 states. Eighteen people have been hospitalized, but no one has died.
  • Epidemiologic and traceback information shows that cucumbers grown by Agrotato, S.A. de C.V. in Sonora, Mexico, including recalled cucumbers from SunFed Produce, LLC, may be contaminated with Salmonella and may be making people sick.
  • On November 27, 2024, SunFed Produce LLC. recalled all sizes of whole fresh American cucumbers packaged in bulk cardboard containers for retail or food service.

What You Should Do

  • Do not eat recalled cucumbers.
  • These cucumbers may still be in your refrigerator, so check the stickers on your cucumbers. If the sticker shows "SunFed Mexico" as the place where your cucumbers were grown, throw them away or return them to the location where you bought them.
  • If you bought whole fresh American cucumbers from October 12 through November 26 and can't tell where they are from throw them away.
  • Wash items and surfaces that may have touched the recalled cucumbers with hot, soapy water or by using a dishwasher.
  • Call your healthcare provider if you have any severe Salmonella symptoms.

What Businesses Should Do

  • Do not sell or serve recalled cucumbers grown by Agrotato, S.A. de C.V. in Sonora, Mexico, including recalled cucumbers from SunFed Produce, LLC.
  • Wash and sanitize surfaces that may have come in contact with recalled cucumbers.
  • When possible, notify customers who purchased recalled cucumbers.

About Salmonella:

  • Most people infected with Salmonella develop diarrhea, fever, and stomach cramps 6 hours to 6 days after being exposed to the bacteria.
  • The illness usually lasts 4 to 7 days, and most people recover without treatment.
  • In some people, the illness may be so severe that the patient is hospitalized. Salmonella infection may spread from the intestines to the bloodstream and then to other parts of the body.
  • Children younger than 5, adults 65 and older, and people with weakened immune systems are more likely to have severe illness.

If you have questions about cases in a particular state, please call that state's health department.

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CDC Media Relations
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