Sixty-one additional cases from two dozen states were reported during the past week putting the cumulative total to 732.
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On September 11, Custom Produce Sales, which received cucumbers from the distributor, issued a voluntary recall of all cucumbers sold under its “Fat Boy Fresh Produce” label.
Of those who have been infected, half are children, according to the CDC.
The Limited Edition cucumbers (also known as “slicer” or “American” cucumbers) were distributed in the states of Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, Texas, and Utah. Illness onset dates ranged from May 25 to September 29, 2014.
One hundred 50 unwell many people been put in the hospital, a flow of 28per cent, higher compared to the common 20p c hospitalization ratio of these incidents.
Another person has died after eating cucumbers linked to a multi-state Salmonella Poona outbreak, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.
“It’s not one that we see every year”, he says, adding that Salmonella Poona outbreaks have also been linked to imported cantaloupes and turtles. Among 60 persons with available information, 17 (28%) were hospitalized. Cucumbers grown in the United States were not believed to have caused cases of salmonella in this outbreak, the agency said.
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