Many cases of salmonella food poisoning linked to the consumption of cucumbers may have been caused by untreated canal water, it has been revealed. Just under 450 people across 31 U.S. states reported sickness earlier this year,

Florida cucumber grower is a likely source of salmonella food poisoning that left 450 people unwell across the US since March this year, according to the Food and Drug Administration. FDA said the salmonella sample found in untreated canal water used by Bedner Growers Inc.