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FDA issues urgent recall for cucumbers over deadly contamination

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Federal health officials have issued an urgent recall due to a bacterial contamination in thousands of pounds of cucumbers from Fuentes Farms .

Nearly 3,000 pounds of produce were potentially contaminated with Salmonella , a type of bacteria that can cause food poisoning and be deadly if the infection spreads to the bloodstream or causes severe dehydration.

The FDA found the bacteria during a routine sampling of the company's produce in June .

The recall affected cucumbers in 40-pound boxes containing the code number 357 .

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