The German E. coli outbreak that has now claimed 37 lives and damaged fresh produce markets across Europe finally seems to be abating; but the question of how the suspect
Health authorities have said contaminated bean sprouts were the source of the outbreak of E. coli O104:H4 in Germany, and that became more evident this weekend.
But as the
“Of course we are challenging nature itself, and, it hits back … We have to accept that it’s much stronger than we are.”
– Werner Herzog (German Filmmaker on filming of
So the mystery of Germany’s sproutbreak is finally solved. Let the finger-pointing begin.
Nearly six weeks into the European epidemic of toxic E. coli O104:H4, German authorities Friday
“It is the sprouts.”
As the death toll in Germany pushed to 31, the county’s national disease-control center Friday said a new case-control study indicates that locally grown sprouts
Nancy Donley, an avid and educated food safety advocate with STOP Foodborne Illness (previously Safe Tables Our Priority), has often said, and I can only paraphrase here, that if you
My daughter Megan and I picked an interesting week to travel to Europe. We’re in the Netherlands where I’m doing research for my doctorate in environmental health. We
German officials Wednesday expressed some optimism that Europe’s E. coli outbreak is finally ebbing. But they also acknowledged two more food poisoning deaths, and warned that more deaths are
In what is becoming a haunting refrain of statistics connected to the E. coli outbreak in Germany, here are Tuesday’s updated figures: 24 dead (up 2 from the day
I haven’t said anything about the E. coli 0104 crisis in Germany up to now because I’ve been waiting for the evidence. Without evidence, the source of the
The source of the deadly E. coli O104 outbreak remains a mystery. Officials in Germany are scrambling for answers — and because highly perishable produce is the prime suspect, they might