208 days ago
208 days ago
Consumers from the northern German city of Hamburg- the epicenter of the outbreak- to Bulgaria, Spain, France, Great Brittan and Sweden were worried about which vegetables and fruit they could still eat and what they should avoid. Most of those sickened say they ate vegetables before-hand, but without being able to pinpoint the source, German health authorities have issued a broad warning to stay away from all tomatoes, cucumbers and lettuce.
Hamburg officials initially suspected cucumbers from Spain after three samples tested positive for E. coli, but later tests showed they were infested with a different strain of the bacteria than the one behind the outbreak. Nevertheless, the jitters have devastated the Spanish produce industry and have left people all over Europe wondering what countries vegetables are safe to eat.
Four people in the U.S were apparently sickened by the food poisoning outbreak in Europe,, health officials said Friday. Three are hospitalized with kidney failure, a complication of E. coli that has become a hallmark of the outbreak.
The current outbreak is considered the third largest involving E. coli in recent world history, and it is already the deadliest with at least 17 dead in Germany and one in Sweden
