EU food safety and disease prevention agencies today recommended thorough cooking of fenugreek sprouts following outbreaks of E.coli linked to sprouts in France and Germany.

Another victim has died in Germany’s E.Coli outbreak, taking the total to at least 48.

France said today that it has halted the sale of three types of seeds linked to a British company after an E.coli outbreak led to eight people being admitted to hospital.

The Food Safety Authority of Ireland is issuing a warning to Irish consumers not to eat raw or uncooked bean sprouts due to an E.coli outbreak in France.

The E. coli bug responsible for a deadly recent outbreak in Germany has been passed from human to human for the first time.

Five children have been hospitalised in France today after eating burgers infected with E.coli.

New victims of E.coli contamination in Germany have slowed to a trickle, the national disease control centre announced, as the death toll from the outbreak rose by one to 37.

Germany’s health minister said today that he is hopeful the worst of an E.coli outbreak blamed on bean sprouts is over – but warned that the death toll, currently 33, may still increase.

Locally-grown bean sprouts are the cause of the European E.coli outbreak that has killed 29 people, German experts say.

Dutch authorities have recalled red beet sprouts after samples were found to be contaminated with a strain of E.coli bacteria that was apparently less dangerous than the one causing Europe’s deadly E. coli crisis.

The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney, has said that he understands from German authorities that the source of the E.coli outbreak is a beansprouts processing plant in northern Germany.

German health authorities investigating an outbreak of E.coli in Europe suspect cucumbers as being the possible cause of a new case.

The EU has increased its offer of compensation to farmers for the E.coli outbreak to €210m.

Spanish farmers devastated by the deadly E.coli outbreak gave away tons of produce today to draw attention to their plight.

Spanish producers of fruit and vegetables should be properly compensated for the E.coli disaster, Fianna Fáil MEP Liam Aylward has told a meeting of fellow MEPs in Strasbourg.

More people are still falling ill through E.coli poisoning in Germany despite health officials saying there was hope the epidemic was abating.

The deadly E.coli outbreak appears to be on the decline, Germany’s health minister said today.

A dispute erupted today over compensation payments to European farmers hit by tumbling sales during the deadly E. coli outbreak.

Germany has been warned to take more care over its food safety announcements in the wake of the E.coli fiasco, in which Germany pointed a finger at Spanish cucumbers, then at local beansprouts, before backtracking on both.

EU agriculture ministers are to hold emergency talks in Luxembourg today on the E-coli outbreak that has left 22 people dead.

The source of Germany’s lethal food poisoning outbreak became a mystery again today after experts said there was no evidence linking it to beansprouts.

German beansprouts are the likely cause of the E.coli outbreak that has killed 22 people in Europe, German officials have said.

It is being reported that German-grown beansprouts are the likely cause of the E.coli outbreak, according to health authorities investigating the crisis.

Hospitals in northern Germany are being overwhelmed as they struggle to provide enough beds and medical care for patients stricken by an outbreak of E.coli, the German health minister admitted today.

Health officials in Germany believe a restaurant or festival may be the source of the E.coli outbreak, which has killed 19 people across Europe and left up to 2,000 more seriously ill.

The Fianna Fáil Seanad Spokesperson on Agriculture Brian Ó Domhnaill is calling on the Government to reassure Irish consumers of the safety of produce on our shelves.

A restaurant in Germany is under investigation as a possible source of the e.coli outbreak that's sweeping across Europe.

Scientific analysis has failed to show that contaminated vegetables are behind the deadly strain of

Germany is considering pushing for EU compensation for Spanish farmers after it erroneously blamed its vegetable produce for starting the E.coli outbreak that has killed up to 18 people, Spain said.

Consumers in Ireland are being told not to worry about a deadly outbreak of E.coli, which has killed 18 people in Europe.

The number of people reported sick in Germany from a foodborne bacterial outbreak that has already killed 16 spiked over the last 24 hours, with nearly 100 more people suffering from severe and potentially fatal symptoms, the national disease control centre said today.

Researchers have still not been able to pinpoint the cause of a food-borne bacterial outbreak that has hit Germany and other European countries, Germany’s health minister said today.