The GHCS shares an important update from the Greater Cleveland Food Bank indicating that Farmer’s Choice Inc., has issued a sub recall of Whole American Cucumbers between April 29 and May 12, 2025, due to their link by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to a Salmonella outbreak. If you attended last week’s food pantry distribution at Garfield Heights Middle School and obtained cucumbers as part of your food collection, please know that the ARE affected, and should not be consumed, but rather discarded immediately. As a partner agency of the Greater Cleveland Food Bank, we were recently notified of the affected cucumber inventory, and are passing this message along to you, our families of the Garfield Heights City Schools. You may have learned about this information on the local news, and
you can read the U.S. FDA’s press release here
. Once again, if you or anyone you know obtained cucumbers at last week’s food pantry, please do NOT consume, discard, and do not distribute. Thank you for your attention to this matter.