Untreated water used by a Florida cucumber grower is one likely source of salmonella food poisoning that sickened nearly 450 people across the U.S. this spring, federal health officials said Tuesday.

"Laboratory, epidemiological, and traceback data have determined that cucumbers from Bedner Growers, Inc., of Boynton Beach, Florida, are a likely source of illnesses in this outbreak," the FDA ...

The Food and Drug Administration has now also confirmed that Salmonella from canal water used by Bedner Growers Inc. of Boynton Beach, FL, is a match for the Salmonella that made people sick.

Since June, the agency has been investigating an outbreak linked to cucumbers originating with producers in Florida. In its ...

At least 125 were hospitalized. The agency said it detected the bacteria in Thomas Produce Company and Bedner Growers Inc. Both companies are based in Florida. The CDC stated that it did not think ...

The CDC determined that "cucumbers from Bedner Growers, Inc., of Boynton Beach, Florida, and Thomas Produce Company, of Boca Raton, Florida, are likely sources of illnesses in this outbreak ...

The CDC determined that "cucumbers from Bedner Growers, Inc., of Boynton Beach, Florida, and Thomas Produce Company, of Boca Raton, Florida, are likely sources of illnesses in this outbreak ...

They said the "likely sources of illnesses" are two Florida growers: Bedner Growers, Inc., of Boynton Beach, and Thomas Produce Company, of Boca Raton. But "these growers do not account for all ...

Your cucumbers are safe again. According to health officials, the multistate salmonella outbreak — partially tracked to cucumbers from two Florida farms — that sickened 551 people in 34 states ...

Cucumbers from two Florida growers — Bedner Growers, Inc., of Boynton Beach and Thomas Produce Company, of Boca Raton — are the likely sources of sicknesses, the FDA said in a Aug. 14 update.