CDC Issues Update on Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Mexican Cucumbers
This week, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued an update on a Salmonella poona outbreak linked to cucumbers from Mexico.
Background
Last year, multiple states, along with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, began investigating a multistate outbreak of Salmonella poona infections. Epidemiologic, laboratory and traceback investigations identified cucumbers imported from Mexico and distributed by Andrew & Williamson Fresh Produce as a likely source of the infections in the outbreak. Two cucumber recalls were issued in September 2015 as a result of the investigation, one by Andrew & Williamson, the other by Custom Produce Sales.
The following are new details, according to the CDC: