Contaminated food
Whole fresh cucumbers grown by Bedner Growers Inc.
- Distributed by Fresh Start Produce Sales Inc. between April 29, 2025 to May 19, 2025.
- Distributed to stores, restaurants, and other facilities.
- Cucumbers may be within shelf life for the rest of this week.
- Several people ate cucumbers on cruise ships leaving ports in Florida.
- Cucumbers may have been sold individually or in smaller packages and the types could be labeled as “supers,” “selects,” or “plains.”
- These cucumbers are not organic varieties.
Epidemiologic, laboratory, and traceback data show that cucumbers grown by Bedner Growers Inc. and distributed by Fresh Start Produce Sales Inc. may be contaminated with Salmonella and may be making people sick.
What businesses should do
- Do not sell or serve whole cucumbers grown by Bedner Growers Inc. and distributed by Fresh Start Produce Inc. between April 29, 2025 to May 19, 2025.
- Wash and sanitize items and surfaces that may have come in contact with cucumbers.
- Stores can also notify customers who may have purchased cucumbers using signs in stores or emails to customers.
What you should do
- If you have cucumbers at home and can’t tell where they are from, throw them away.
- When eating out over the next week, ask if cucumbers were from Bedner Growers or Fresh Start Produce Sales Inc.
- Wash surfaces and items that may have touched the cucumbers using hot soapy water or a dishwasher.
Call your healthcare provider if you have any of these severe Salmonella symptoms
- Diarrhea and a fever higher than 102°F
- Diarrhea for more than 3 days that is not improving
- Bloody diarrhea
- So much vomiting that you cannot keep liquids down
- Signs of dehydration, such as not peeing much, dry mouth and throat, and feeling dizzy when standing up
Symptoms of Salmonella
- Most people infected with Salmonella experience diarrhea, fever, and stomach cramps.
- Symptoms usually start 6 hours to 6 days after swallowing the bacteria.
- Most people recover without treatment after 4 to 7 days
- Some people—especially children younger than 5 years, adults 65 years and older, and people with weakened immune systems—may experience more severe illnesses that require medical treatment or hospitalization.
- For more information about Salmonella, see the About Salmonella Infection page.
