Whole cucumbers grown by Bedner Growers Inc. and distributed by Fresh Start Produce Inc. are linked to a multistate outbreak of Salmonella in several states that began April 29, 2025, and continues to this past Monday, May 19, 2025.

Bedner Growers, Inc., of Boynton Beach, Florida, is one of the growers linked to last year’s outbreak of Salmonella Africana and Salmonella Braenderup, infections with 551 illnesses in 34 states and the District of Columbia.  Salmonella Braenderup was detected in canal water samples at Bedner Growers’ farm.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and state and local public health and regulatory officials are collecting different types of data to investigate the new multistate  Salmonella Montevideo outbreak.

CDC advises businesses not to sell or serve whole cucumbers grown by Bedner Growers Inc. and distributed by Fresh Start Produce Inc. between April 29, 2025, and May 19,  2025, while the investigation is ongoing. Anyone with whole cucumbers in their home who can’t tell where they are from should throw them out.

Epidemiologic, laboratory, and traceback data show that cucumbers may be contaminated with Salmonella, making people sick.

Epidemiologic data

As of May 19, 2025, 26 people infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella have been reported from 15 states. Seven sick pe...