CDC Confirms Dozens of Salmonella Cases in Multi-State Outbreak Linked to Cucumbers

The CDC said 68 people were sickened in the outbreak across 19 states, 18 of whom were hospitalized.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters in Atlanta on April 23, 2020. Tami Chappell/AFP via Getty Images

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said late last week that dozens of people across the United States were sickened in connection with a salmonella outbreak linked to cucumbers.

Last week, a notice published on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) website said that SunFed Produce issued a voluntary recall of “fresh American/slicer cucumbers” grown by a company based in Sonora, Mexico, sold between Oct. 12 and Nov. 26 of this year. The CDC said the bacterial contamination may be linked to SunFed’s cucumbers.