Cucumbers shipped to restaurants and stores in Massachusetts have been linked to a multistate salmonella outbreak, health agencies warned .
Arizona-based SunFed Produce is recalling all sizes of whole fresh American cucumbers sold between Oct. 12 and Nov. 26, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced this week .
The salmonella outbreak has sickened 68 people in 19 states, including five people in Massachusetts, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention live outbreak map showed as of Saturday morning.
The FDA said the cucumbers were shipped to customers located in the states of Massachusetts, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington & Wisconsin and the Canadian provinces of Alberta, British Columbia, Calgary, Saskatchewan, and Ontario.
SunFed initiated the recall after the FDA notified them that the cucumbers were associated with reported salmonellosis illnesses.