(NEXSTAR) — Additional salads and vegetable trays sold at Kroger stores in nine states have been voluntarily recalled in response to a multistate salmonella outbreak connected to cucumbers.

Several recalls have been initiated since the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration linked cucumbers grown by Florida-based Bedner Growers and distributed by Fresh Start Produce Inc. to more than two dozen illnesses across 15 states. At least nine people had been hospitalized.

Recalls have impacted whole cucumbers; made-to-order subs, wraps, and paninis; fresh cut........

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