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Seeds linked to E. coli still on sale
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July 6, 2011, Wednesday
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Egyptian fenugreek seeds blamed for Europe's massive and deadly E. coli outbreak are still on the market and were shipped to more countries than was previously believed, including Austria, Britain and Spain, officials said yesterday.
The European Food Safety Authority confirmed in a report that a lot of contaminated seeds from Egypt was probably the source of the recent food poisoning outbreaks in Germany and France, but the number of European countries that received parts of the suspected lot is "much larger than previously known."
Seeds from the suspect Egyptian lot were imported to one large German distributor, the agency said, and those seeds were then sold to 70 different companies, 54 of them in Germany, the center of the outbreak, and to 16 companies in 11 other European countries. Tracing exactly where the seeds were sold could take weeks, it said.
Officials previously believed that sales had centered primarily on Germany and France.
So far, the strain has killed 51 people, including 49 deaths in Germany and one each in Sweden and the United States.
The European Food Safety Authority confirmed in a report that a lot of contaminated seeds from Egypt was probably the source of the recent food poisoning outbreaks in Germany and France, but the number of European countries that received parts of the suspected lot is "much larger than previously known."
Seeds from the suspect Egyptian lot were imported to one large German distributor, the agency said, and those seeds were then sold to 70 different companies, 54 of them in Germany, the center of the outbreak, and to 16 companies in 11 other European countries. Tracing exactly where the seeds were sold could take weeks, it said.
Officials previously believed that sales had centered primarily on Germany and France.
So far, the strain has killed 51 people, including 49 deaths in Germany and one each in Sweden and the United States.
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