Cantaloupe Salmonella Outbreak 2024. A deadly salmonella outbreak linked to cantaloupes that killed nine canadians appears to be over, health officials say. The centers for disease control and prevention has issued a new update on a multistate salmonella outbreak that's been linked to cucumbers.

The cucumbers linked to the outbreak have so far sickened 449 people across 31 states and washington, d.c. More patients have been identified in the salmonella outbreak traced to cantaloupe.