The FDA is testing the products to see whether they’re connected to an ongoing outbreak of the bacteria.
A produce company is recalling cucumbers it shipped to 14 states over concerns they may be contaminated with Salmonella.
Fresh Start Produce Sales of Delray, Florida, said in a voluntary recall notice posted on the Food and Drug Administration’s website that testing on a sample in Pennsylvania had revealed the presence of the bacteria.
The FDA is conducting whole-genome sequencing to determine whether the sample is related to an ongoing Salmonella outbreak investigation, according to the release.
Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia.
For anyone who, like me, was wondering.
Oh shit, you can’t get Salmonella through your anus, can you?
No, I think that’s how you give it to cucumbers.
Who stores cucumbers with salmon? That’s just unsanitary…
