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Cucumbers recalled after at least 68 people fall ill with salmonella

Federal regulators, who have fielded reports from 19 states, say the number of people sickened may be much higher.

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The Food and Drug Administration is investigating a multistate salmonella outbreak linked to cucumbers. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP)
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A cucumber recall was issued in a salmonella outbreak that has sickened at least 68 people — including 18 who required hospitalization — across multiple states, federal officials said.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday that the cucumbers were grown by Agrotato, S.A. de C.V. in Sonora, Mexico. The distributor, SunFed Produce of Rio Rico, Arizona, issued a voluntary recall, the Food and Drug Administration announced days earlier.