Cucumbers Sold In RI Recalled For Potential Salmonella Contamination

CRANSTON, RI — SunFed Produce has recalled all sizes of its whole fresh American cucumbers packaged in bulk cardboard containers labeled "SunFed," the Rhode Island Department of Health said Friday.

The company is also recalled their whole cucumbers in a generic white box or black plastic crate with the grower’s name: "Agrotato, S.A. de C.V." State health officials said the recalled cucumbers were sold between Oct. 12 and Nov. 26, and were taken off shelves, because they have the potential to be contaminated with salmonella.

Salmonella is an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Healthy people infected with salmonella often experience fever, diarrhea (which may be bloody), nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain. In rare circumstances, infection with salmonella can result in the organism getting into the bloodstream and producing more severe illnesses such as arterial infections (i.e., infected aneurysms), endocarditis, and arthritis.

SunFed initiated this recall after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) discovered that the cucumbers described were associated with reported salmonellosis illnesses between Oct. 12 and Nov. 15. No other products sold by or farms supplying to SunFed were affected in this recall, state health officials said.

These products should not be consumed. They should be discarded.

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