HAMBURG, Germany — To those hoping to know the cause of Europe’s mysterious E. coli epidemic, Tuesday brought only baffling news as German health officials announced that Spanish cucumbers were
HAMBURG, Germany — Here at the epicenter of an E. coli earthquake that has sent tremors through this country, as well as the rest of Europe, confusion is rampant as locals
HAMBURG, Germany — The E. coli outbreak in northern Germany that has taken the lives of 14 people — and captured the attention of health officials around the world — does not appear
While health authorities in Germany and neighboring countries deal with an outbreak of toxic E.coli, epidemiologists and doctors around the world are monitoring developments in Europe with especially keen
Health authorities in Germany are still trying to trace the source of an outbreak of E. coli 0104 that has sickened hundreds and killed at least three, possibly five. But
The alarming outbreak of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) in Germany has been linked to fresh cucumbers grown in Spain, and perhaps other raw vegetables. Meanwhile, the epidemic may be spreading
In 1885, a 28-year-old German-Austrian physician named Theodor Escherich wanted to understand why infants and small children were prone to diarrhea. So he started studying his young patients’ stool specimens
German health officials Tuesday continued to grope for clues to the source of an outbreak of non-O157 E.coli that has killed three German women and sickened hundreds more, many
Press reports from northern Germany say public health authorities there are trying to determine if uncooked vegetables might be the source of an E. coli outbreak that has claimed at
Hong Kong ceased testing all German food products for dioxin, switching Feb. 1 to sample checks after more than 100 tests for the chemical were negative.
The Food and Environmental
For the second time in less than a week, multiple foods imported from German have passed dioxin tests by Hong Kong’s Center for Food Safety, known for its ability
Member nations in the European Union oversee food safety within their own territories, but the European Commission coordinates among the EU states when problems arise that cross borders.
So the