Fenugreek sprouts imported from Egypt have been singled out as the possible cause of outbreaks of E.coli 104 H4 in Germany and France.A joint assessment by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and the European Centre for Disease Control (ECDC) declared “that currently fenugreek sprouts are the most likely connection between the French cases and previous outbreak in Germany.”
The German outbreak in May and June has so far killed 48 and sickened around 4,000, while the French outbreak in the southern region of Bordeaux affected 15 people, although there have so far been no fatalities.
The report said that all those struck down in France had attended the same community event on June 8 and consumed fenugreek, mustard and rucola sprouts.
The bodies have all warned consumers not to eat raw sprouts because of the threat of cross contamination during re-packaging.
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