Tag: E. coli

• Monday, June 13th 2011 - 12:53 UTC

  E. coli outbreak has killed 35; tests to determine if bean sprouts are the cause

  

  The death toll from a killer E. coli outbreak centred on Germany rose to 35 Sunday as health officials said it was the worst of its kind on record and the German government feared more people could die. Meantime laboratory tests are trying to confirm suspicions that organic bean sprouts could be the origin of the outbreak.

• Thursday, June 9th 2011 - 02:54 UTC

  Pressed by outraged farmers EU increases compensation for E.coli outbreak losses

  

  Pressed hard by outraged farmers, the European Union farm chief on Wednesday increased his offer of compensation for the E. coli outbreak to Euro210 million.