A second cucumber recall in 2024 has been issued due to salmonella contamination. Affecting at least 26 states, this outbreak has already sickened 68 people, with 18 hospitalizations reported. Here’s what you need to know.

Federal regulators, which have fielded reports from 19 states, say the number of people sickened may be much higher.

Fresh cucumbers are the latest food safety recall. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration are warning consumers to check their counters and refrigerators for whole fresh American cucumbers after at least 68 people in 19 states became sick from salmonella.