According to the latest reports, cucumbers in ready-to-eat meals have been linked to the four-year European outbreak of salmonella.
Five countries have reported 147 people infected with the strains of Salmonella Agona – with 122 cases occurring since the beginning of 2017 and the remaining 25 identified retrospectively between 2014 and 2016.
The number of affected people in each country is: United Kingdom (129), Finland (15), Denmark (1), Germany (1) and Ireland (1).
The tests found the same salmonella strain on cucumbers being processed in four UK plants, owned by two companies. The cucumbers in question had been imported from Spain. The source of the virus in the supply chain has not been located yet.