The salmonella outbreak linked to Bedner Growers has been declared over by the CDC. Many companies recalled whole fresh cucumbers grown in open fields by Bedner Growers, or foods made with them. The outbreak resulted in 22 hospitalizations across 21 states.
The FDA and CDC, in collaboration with state and local partners, investigated illnesses in a multistate outbreak of Salmonella Montevideo infections linked to cucumbers grown by Bedner Growers in Boynton Beach, Florida, and distributed by Fresh Start Produce Sales, Inc., of Delray, Florida.
As part of this investigation, the FDA collected a product sample of Bedner Growers cucumbers from a distribution center in Pennsylvania. Salmonella was detected in the sample of cucumbers. Whole Genome Sequencing analysis determined that the product sample contained Salmonella Montevideo, which matches the strain of Salmonella linked to illnesses in this outbreak.
Other types of Salmonella were detected in the cucumber sample collected, originating from Bedner Growers, Inc. In addition to Salmonella Montevideo, multiple other strains of Salmonella, unrelated to this outbreak investigation, matched other isolates in the National Center for Biotechnology Information's (NCBI) database that occurred in 2025 and previous years.