EHEC: BfR, BVL and RKI issue specified consumption recommendations for uncooked sprouts and shoots (germ buds)

Consumers should continue to refrain from consumption of raw fenugreek seeds, sprouts and shoots imported from Egypt

25-Jul-2011 - According to the German federal authorities, further information made available by the Federal States has provided no grounds to continue to recommend that consumers generally refrain from the raw consumption of sprouts and shoots in order to protect against EHEC O104:H4 infections. The current ...

EHEC O104:H4 outbreak event in Germany clarified: sprouts of fenugreek seeds imported from Egypt as underlying cause

11-Jul-2011 - There is a high probability that certain batches of fenugreek seeds from Egypt caused the O104:H4 outbreaks in Germany and France. The clarification was based on epidemiological investigations as well as the backward and forward tracing of seed deliveries by a dedicated German EHEC Task Force set ...