E coli seeds ‘still in food chain’
The tainted seeds may be behind the massive food poisoning outbreak in Germany beginning in May that has killed 49 people and infected more than 4,000 in 15 countries, as well as a much smaller outbreak in France in June. More than 800 people have also developed a life-threatening kidney complication after catching the bug.
Today, the national French laboratory said the E coli strain that left 15 people ill in Bordeaux is genetically similar to the one in Germany. The World Health Organisation said this increased the proof that the outbreaks were linked, but scientists still have not found any contaminated seeds.
