Why Florida is defending Palm Beach Co. grower after salmonella outbreak

The case of the contaminated cucumbers has taken a turn.

The Florida Department of Agriculture (FDOA) called the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) tracing of a salmonella outbreak to a local grower "at best inaccurate, and at worst misleading."

The FDA announced this week that cucumbers from Bedner Growers "are a likely source of illnesses in the outbreak,"