An urgent multi-state recall has been issued for salads that could potentially kill consumers or cause severe infections.
Virginia-based Ukrop's Homestyle Foods has recalled three of its salad products linked to a salmonella outbreak involving cucumbers that has sickened over two dozen people.
The recalled goods were sold to consumers at three stores in Virginia (Libbie Market in Richmond, Ukrop’s Market Hall in Richmond, and Harris Teeter in Williamsburg).
They were also on sale at various branches of Kroger Stores in Virginia, West Virginia, Ohio and Kentucky, and at Food Lion Stores in Virginia and North Carolina.
No other products produced by Ukrop's Homestyle Foods are impacted.
All retail locations have been notified and are removing the product from the shelves.
Consumers who purchased the product should return it to the retailer where purchased for a full refund.
The recalled products include a 'Marinated Cucumber Salad' in 16oz and 36oz sizes and a 'Marinated Cucumber Salad Bulk' in a 5lb packet. All products have a sell-by date of 5/11/25 through 5/26/25.
The recall by Ukrop's Homestyle Foods comes off the back of another recall made by Florida-based Bedner Growers, Inc.
It pulled all cucumbers sold at Bedner's Farm Fresh Market between April 29 and May 14, 2025, because they were potentially contaminated with salmonella.
The recalled cucumbers were sold to consumers at three Bedner's Farm Fresh Markets locations in Florida (Boynton Beach, Delray Beach, and West Palm Beach).
They were also sold to a wholesalers, restaurants, retailers and distribution centers.
Officials found salmonella bacteria from samples on the farm that matched samples from people who got sick.
The FDA said because the recalled cucumbers don't have specific stickers or labeling, customers should discard and not consume any cucumbers purchased from these locations between the affected dates.
The tainted cucumbers have been linked by the FDA to a salmonella outbreak that has sickened 26 people in Alabama, California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Kansas, Kenticky, Michigan, North Carolina, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia.
Nine of the patients have been hospitalized, and 11 out of 13 patients who were interviewed reported eating cucumbers.
The CDC said several people who fell ill ate the cucumbers on cruise ships leaving ports in Florida, though officials are investigating where the potentially contaminated cucumbers were distributed.
The FDA warned: 'Cucumbers may have been sold individually or in smaller packages, with or without a label that may not bear the same brand, product name, or best by date.
'For distributors, restaurants, and retailers who have purchased these cucumbers, the products were labeled as either being 'supers,' 'selects,' or 'plains.''
The outbreak was detected as part of a follow-up inspection in April to a 2024 outbreak that sickened 551 people and led to 155 hospitalizations in 34 states and Washington, D.C.
In that outbreak, investigators found salmonella bacteria linked to many of the illnesses in untreated canal water used at farms operated by Bedner Growers and Thomas Produce Company.
Salmonella is caused by eating foods contaminated with animal feces.
It typically causes diarrhea, fever, and stomach cramps that begin six hours to six days after initial infection, according to the CDC.
Most people recover within days, though the illness is responsible for more than 26,000 hospitalizations and 400 deaths a year.
