Salmonella

U.S. health officials are investigating a new salmonella outbreak tied to a Florida grower whose tainted cucumbers were linked to more than 500 cases last year.

People got sick in February and March of this year, the CDC said. They all had the same strain of salmonella — a version that has been traced to hatcheries in the past.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is investigating a salmonella outbreak linked to cucumbers from a grower in Mexico.

Testing detected salmonella bacteria in a cucumber that led to a recall of whole cucumbers last week by Fresh Start Produce of Delray Beach, Florida.

The CDC says about 48 million people a year in the country are sickened by foodborne illness.

Pepperidge Farm is voluntarily recalling four varieties of Goldfish Crackers because of fears they could potentially have salmonella.

Three cases of salmonella in Louisiana may be part of the outbreak that sickened 285 people in 27 states, killing a 99-year-old California woman,...