* update to this recall, 9/7/2015:
Cucumbers from Andrew and Williamson were distributed nationwide to Red Lobster, Walmart, In-N-Out and Sam’s Club. A Minnesota woman who ate at Red Lobster and became violently ill with Salmonella and hospitalized is being represented by law firm, Marler Clark, and is suing the Company.
The FDA has been actively working with state and local officials as well as the CDC to determine the source of Salmonella illnesses in 27 states.
One woman has died and there have been reports of 285 Salmonella-related sicknesses. Arizona and California have been hit the hardest, and in California, apparent links to 53
hospitalizations between July 3rd and August 26th, the majority after reportedly eating the cucumbers in question.
Specific geographic clusters have been used to trace the distribution of the cucumbers to a common source. The Federal and state authorities have identified Andrew and Williamson Fresh Produce of San Diego, CA as the common supplier. As of September 3rd, the FDA and the California Department of Public Health questioned the Andrew and Williamson management team as to status of the investigation. Andrew and Williamson has cooperated and issued a recall of all cucumbers sold under their Limited Edition® label between the dates of August 1st, 2015 and September 3rd, 2015. The Company has reported the Limited Edition cucumbers were distributed in the states of Alaska, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Minnesota, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, Nevada, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, Texas, and Utah. Additionally, customer exposure could have occurred via retailers, wholesalers, brokers and food service outlets. If you have questions regarding your purchase or consumption of cucumbers, Fred Williamson, President of Andrew & Williamson, has provided the following customer service email and phone number:
info@andrew-williamson.com and 1-844-483-3864.
The FDA reports this is an ongoing investigation, and DailyRecall.com will provide updates as we receive them from the FDA.