E Coli

Published on May 31, 2011 by admin · No Comments

E Coli Spain Austria, the Czech Republic and France have removed organic cucumbers from their shelves, while Russia has taken a step further and announced a ban on cucumbers, tomatoes and salad production in Germany and Spain. Spanish officials cautioned against putting all the blame on their exports, saying his “image” had been damaged by the outbreak. Public Health Institute of Germany has confirmed 329 cases of E. coli, but reports have put the number closer to 1200.

German scientists suspect that the bacteria that has sickened hundreds of Europeans came from Spanish organic products. The Ministry of Health in Hamburg said that three of every four cucumber bacterial strain carrying a Spanish shipment.But no cases in Spain, and warned of the European Centre for Disease the definitive source of the E. coli, also known is not known yet.

The source of the virulent strain of bacteria is unknown, the German authorities said on Monday ahead of a meeting of federal and state safety officials BerlinFood have been fighting for over two weeks to pinpoint the exact source of the adulterant, surface for the first time in Hamburg and since then has hit people in Britain, Denmark, Sweden and the Netherlands, most of whom traveled recently in northern Germany.