E coli An E. coli outbreak linked to some raw vegetables has killed least six people and sickened more than 300 in Germany, according to national and global health authorities. The first investigation results released by the German federal unit responsible for disease control and prevention -- the Robert Koch Institute, under Germany's Ministry of Health -- indicated that the most recent infections were most likely caused by consuming raw tomatoes, cucumbers and lettuce. The agency said it is advising consumers to avoid eating those foods.
specifically in northern Germany. The Robert Koch Institute currently is investigating six deaths, according to the World Health Organization. For three of those people, all adults, the deaths were directly caused by HUS, or hemolytic-uremic syndrome, from E. coli, while for the three others, who were much older, death came from an infection linked to HUS and E. coli, said Dr. Guenael Rodier of the World Health Organization. The European Food Safety Alert Network said EHEC, or enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli, a strain of E. coli that causes hemorrhage in the intestines, was found in organic cucumbers originating from Spain, packaged in Germany, and distributed to countries including Austria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Hungary, Luxembourg and Spain.
The Spanish Agency for Food Safety and Nutrition issued a statement saying that two Spanish companies producing cucumbers may be involved in the outbreak of E. coli infections, and the agency is waiting for further results from Germany's investigation. A press conference is scheduled to be held at the Robert Koch Institute headquarters in Berlin Monday. Cases of bloody diarrhea associated with hemolytic-uremic syndrome were first reported in Germany in the second week of May. The detection of E. coli on cucumbers was first
0 comments:
Post a Comment