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Germany says sprouts most likely source of e.coli

by Reuters
Friday, 10 June 2011 08:49 GMT

BERLIN, June 10 (Reuters) - New data has confirmed that bean sprouts are the most likely source of the deadly E.coli outbreak in Germany, German health authorities said on Friday.

"It's the bean sprouts," said Reinhard Burger, head of the Robert Koch Institute, the German centre for disease control. "People who consumed sprouts were nine times more likely to have bloody diarrhoea than those who did not," he added. "The outbreak is not over." (Reporting by Brian Rohan)

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