“If you’re concerned about your risk of food-borne illness, don’t eat sprouts,” Dr. Keene said. “They’re essentially a dangerous kind of food.”
The Spanish government did not comment Sunday on the latest news in the German investigation. But mounting evidence that the problem should never have been linked to produce from Spanish farms is likely to raise pressure on Germany and the European Union to compensate Spanish farmers for estimated weekly losses of $286 million in revenue because of canceled shipments, as well as massive job cuts among seasonal growers in Andalusia.
Full article here: Deadly E. Coli Outbreak Linked to Sprouts From a German Farm – NYTimes.com.
