The Kane County Health Department is advising that Custom Produce Sales (“Custom Produce”) of Parlier, CA., is voluntarily recalling all cucumbers sold under the Fat Boy label starting Aug. 1 because they may be contaminated with Salmonella and are covered by an ongoing recall. No other Fat Boy products are covered by this recall. 

Fat Boy cucumbers were produced in Baja California and distributed in the states of California, Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Nevada, North Dakota, Oklahoma and Texas.

Custom Produce is working with health authorities on this recall, which is associated with an outbreak of Salmonella Poona, with 341 illnesses, including 2 deaths, being reporting in as many as 30 states. However, no illnesses related to this outbreak have been reported in Kane County.

Salmonella is an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems.  Healthy persons infected with Salmonella often experience fever, diarrhea (which may be bloody), nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain. In rare circumstances, infection with Salmonella can result in the organism getting into the bloodstream and producing more severe illnesses such as arterial infections (i.e., infected aneurysms), endocarditis, and arthritis.

Consumers who have purchased Fat Boy brand cucumbers are urged not to consume them and to return them to the place of purchase or to dispose of them. Consumers with questions may contact Custom Produce by visiting the company website at www.customproducesales.com or by calling the company at 559-254-5860.

SOURCE: Kane County Health Department press release