Another week, another recall. This time it's Ray & Mascari vine-ripe tomatoes potentiallycontaminated with Salmonella, affecting eight states from Illinois to Wisconsin. Last month it wascucumbers spreading across 20 states.
The current cucumber outbreak illustrates a troubling reality: contaminated produce doesn't always look, smell, or taste different from safe food.
The recent cucumber salmonella outbreak has created a sobering wake-up call for American families. What started as contaminated cucumbers from a single Florida supplier—Bedner Growers, Inc.—has now mushroomed into a crisis affecting 20 states and over 74,000 pounds of recalled food products.
The Salmonella Crisis Escalates: 1.7 Million Dozen Eggs Recalled as Illnesses Mount The food safety crisis deepens. What began with cucumber recalls affecting 20 states has nowexploded into a massive egg contamination event that's sent 79 people to the hospital and forced the recall of over 1.7 million dozen eggs across nine states.