May 20 (UPI) -- FDA officials have warned the American public to not eat, sell or serve cucumbers grown and distributed by two Florida companies after a salmonella outbreak in more than a dozen states. A total of 26 individuals across 15 states as of Friday were infected in an outbreak with the Salmonella Montevideo strain, officials at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday in a release . Officials pointed to cucumbers that were grown and distributed by Florida-based companies