An update on the recalls and illnesses in the salmonella outbreak linked to cucumbers

Since last week’s recall of cucumbers across the United States and Canada, more cucumbers have been recalled and more people sickened with salmonella.

Here’s the latest on the situation:

What other cucumbers have been recalled?

Last Wednesday’s SunFed Produce recall of whole cucumbers from Sonora, Mexico, grower Agrotato S.A. de C.V. was joined on Friday by Fresno, California’s Baloian Farms’ recall of Pam Pak cucumbers. On Sunday, Russ Davis Wholesale yanked salads and wraps that used Baloian Farms’ cucumbers.

The Russ Davis recall covered Crazy Fresh Garden Salad W/ Ranch Dressing; Crazy Fresh Turkey Havarti Wrap; Crazy Fresh Bacon Avocado Wrap; Quick & Easy Garden Salad with Ranch Dressing; Quick & Easy Bacon Avocado Wrap; and Kowalski’s Market Garden Salad. All these went to stores and food-service businesses in Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin and Wyoming.

The whole cucumbers from Baloian Farms were sold from Oct. 12 through Nov. 26. They come in bags of six, sold under the Pam Pak brand, or in Pamela or Pam Pak boxes with shipping labels that state they’re from Agoratato. These cucumbers went to North Carolina, California, Texas, Missouri, Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Iowa, Idaho, Kansas, Massachusetts, Michigan, Montana, Nevada, New York, Oregon, Washington and Wisconsin.

If you have any recalled cucumbers, throw them away, then clean and sanitize any surfaces they touched.

What’s happening with the salmonella outbreak?

As of Friday’s CDC update, 68 people had been sickened by this type of salmonella across 19 states, with 18 people being hospitalized. Of the 33 people interviewed about what they ate, 27 said they had eaten cucumbers. Montana has the most reported illnesses, 16, followed by Colorado’s eight and Oregon’s seven.

“CDC and states identified six illness sub-clusters at two assisted living facilities, three school districts, and one restaurant,” the agency reported. “An illness sub-cluster is a group of unrelated people who all ate at the same location or event, such as a restaurant, long-term care facility, or school.”

Salmonella outbreak official case counts are usually well under the actual number because a high percentage of people get through it without medical attention.

Salmonella infects about 1.35 million people in the United States each year, hospitalizing 26,400 and killing around 420, according to the CDC. it usually means four days to a week of fever, stomachaches, vomiting and diarrhea. The rare fatalities from salmonella tend to happen to children under 5 and adults over 65.

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