FDA Issues Import Alert For Cucumbers
April 26, 2013 
FDA has issued an import alert for imported cucumbers supplied by Daniel Cardenas Izbal and Miracle Greenhouse of Culiacán, Mexico and distributed by Tricar Sales, Inc. of Rio Rico, AZ. The import alert is in relation to the CDC’s investigation of an outbreak of Salmonella Saintpaul, linked to the imported cucumbers from Daniel Cardenas Izbal and Miracle Greenhouse.
Cucumbers from the two firms are denied admission into the U.S. according to the CDC, “unless the suppliers show that they are not contaminated with Salmonella.”
The CDC does not believe the contaminated cucumbers are still on the market, “due to the time it takes between when a person becomes ill and when the illness is reported,” said the CDC.
A total of 73 people in 18 states have been infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Saintpaul, including Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Minnesota, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Virginia, and Wisconsin.
In interviews with people who became ill, 67% reported eating cucumbers purchased or consumed at multiple locations or restaurants.
After reviewing the shipping records, “FDA traced cucumbers eaten by six ill people to the distributor, Tricar Sales, Inc., and further, to the suppliers, Daniel Cardenas Izabal and Miracle Greenhouse. On April 24, 2013, the suppliers were placed on Import Alert,” said the CDC.
For more on the salmonella outbreak, visit the CDC’s site here.
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