E coli fears: Public warned not to eat raw bean sprouts

A BRITISH-BASED mail order seed company has been linked to an E coli outbreak in France that has led Ireland’s food safety watchdog to advise consumers not to eat raw bean sprouts.

E coli fears: Public warned not to eat raw bean sprouts

Most of those who fell ill in France are believed to have eaten a chilled soup, garnished with rocket and mustard vegetable sprouts, served at a school fete in Begles in Bordeaux.

Seed sprouts sold by Thompson and Morgan have been linked to the eight suspected cases of E coli.

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