Cucumber Crisis: Why That Salad Ingredient Is Under Scrutiny

We’ve all sliced them up for lunch, tossed them into wraps, or added them raw to summer salads. Cucumbers are innocent, crunchy, and refreshing. But a major 2025 outbreak reveals that even something as simple as a cucumber can pose serious risk—and now, it’s time many people reconsider how they handle raw produce.

When Your Salad Has a Surprise Inside

Cucumbers don’t go through heat treatments – or any other “kill step”. When eaten raw, any bacteria lingering on their skin or introduced during harvest or distribution ends up directly in your system. Once you find out that cucumbers sold across multiple states are linked to Salmonella, it’s a wakeup call.

In May 2025, the CDC confirmed that fresh, whole cucumbers from Bedner G

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