EFSA publishes EColi report
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) this week published its report into the possible source of the recent EColi O104 outbreaks in Germany and France.
It concludes that a batch of fenugreek seeds, originally supplied from a company in Egypt to a German company, is the most likely link between the two outbreaks.
However, evidence linking the two outbreaks to the implicated batch of fenugreek seeds is not definitive and investigations are continuing.
EFSA has said because the risk of cross-contamination between different seeds cannot be ruled out, its consumer advice has not changed. Consumers are advised not to eat sprouted seeds unless they have been cooked thoroughly.
The Food Standards Agency’s advice is also unchanged. Sprouted seeds should only be eaten if they have been cooked thoroughly until steaming hot throughout; they should not be eaten raw, says the FSA.
