Contaminated cucumbers sicken 73

Thursday, April 25, 2013 - 17:30 in Health & Medicine

At least 73 people in 18 states have been sickened with salmonella poisoning after eating cucumbers imported from Mexico, government health officials said Thursday.The potentially tainted cukes have been removed from the market and the two firms involved -- Daniel Cardenas Izabal and Miracle Greenhouse of Culiacan, Mexico -- were placed on import alert Thursday, according to the Centers for Diseas...    

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