Salmonella outbreak may be linked to recalled cucumbers, CDC says

By JONEL ALECCIA
AP Health Writer

Cucumbers contaminated with salmonella bacteria may have sickened and hospitalized dozens of people in at least 25 states. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday that at least 162 people were sickened and 54 were hospitalized. Testing detected salmonella bacteria in a cucumber that led to a recall of whole cucumbers last week by Fresh Start Produce of Delray Beach, Florida. Further testing is underway to see if that strain of salmonella is causing the outbreak. Salmonella can cause severe illness in young children, older people and those with weakened immune systems.