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Romaine lettuce blamed for E. coli outbreak in Minnesota, 9 other states

Sixty people became sick in the outbreak that began in October and ended in November. No one died, but at least 30 were hospitalized and two developed severe kidney disease.

By Jim Salter , December 08, 2011

Omaha meatpacker denies supplying tainted beef

An Omaha meatpacker denies supplying tainted beef to Cargill Meat Solutions Corp. that sickened dozens of people in 2007.

By Associated Press , August 06, 2011

'30 days of hell' for U.S. victim of German E. coli

In early May, John Meyer stayed at a lakeside hotel in Hamburg, Germany. He attended a business conference. He went sailing. And he became one of the few U.S. victims in one of the worst food poisoning outbreaks in recent world history.

By Mike Stobbe , July 22, 2011

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Hospitals reach limits in E.coli crisis

Blood specialist Dr. Cay-Uwe von Seydewitz has been making his rounds 16 to 18 hours a day, seven days a week, since the outbreak of a deadly bacterial epidemic.

By David Rising and Kirsten Grieshaber , June 11, 2011

Germany: Sprouts are cause of E. coli outbreak after all

Germany: Sprouts are cause of E. coli outbreak after all Reinhard Burger, president of the Robert Koch Institute, said even though no tests of the sprouts from an organic farm in Lower Saxony had come back positive for the E. coli strain behind the outbreak, an investigation into the pattern of the outbreak had produced enough evidence to draw the conclusion: German-grown vegetable sprouts caused the E. coli outbreak that killed 29 people and sickened nearly 3,000.

By David Rising and Kirsten Grieshaber , June 10, 2011

Dutch find different E. coli, pull beet sprouts

Dutch find different E. coli, pull beet sprouts Dutch authorities recalled red beet sprouts from three countries Thursday after samples were found to be contaminated with a strain of E. coli bacteria that was apparently less dangerous than the one causing Europe's deadly E. coli crisis, which has killed 27 people, sickened 2,900 others and left hundreds with serious complications, most of them in Germany.

By Arthur Max , June 09, 2011

THEIR OPINION: Congress poised to make reckless retreat on food safety

The United States needs to act quickly before an outbreak of the E.coli magnitude claims lives here and exacts a massive economic toll, according to the Star Tribune editorial. "Unfortunately," it states, "the U.S. Congress is poised to make a reckless retreat on the food safety front by not funding the recently passed Food Safety Modernization Act, which brings America's horse-and-buggy food safety laws into the age of supermarkets, fast food and globally grown produce."

By Star Tribune Editorial Board , June 07, 2011

European Union farm head proposes millions in aid for producers hurt by E. coli

The EU health chief earlier warned Germany against premature — and inaccurate — conclusions on the source of the contaminated food, which has left 22 dead, spread fear all over Europe and cost farmers in exports.

By Associated Press , June 07, 2011

Germany: No proof sprouts caused E. coli outbreak

The Lower-Saxony state agriculture ministry said 23 of 40 samples from the sprout farm suspected of being behind the outbreak have tested negative for the highly aggressive, "super-toxic" strain of E. coli bacteria. It said tests were still under way on the other 17 sprout samples.

By Juergen Baetz , June 06, 2011

E. coli outbreak blamed on German veggie sprouts

E. coli outbreak blamed on German veggie sprouts The terrifying E. coli outbreak in Europe appears to have been caused by vegetable sprouts grown on an organic farm in Germany, an agriculture official said Sunday as the toll climbed to at least 22 dead and more than 2,200 sickened.

By Kirsten Grieshaber , June 06, 2011

German E. coli outbreak includes links to 4 in U.S.

All four were in northern Germany in May and officials are confident that they were infected with E. coli in that country. Three of them — two women and a man — are hospitalized with a kidney complication that has become a hallmark of the outbreak.

By Mike Stobbe , June 03, 2011

World Health Organization says Europe E. coli is new; CDC unsure

World Health Organization says Europe E. coli is new; CDC unsure The outbreak is already considered the third-largest involving E. coli in recent world history, and it may be the deadliest.

By Maria Cheng , June 02, 2011

Death toll in European E. coli outbreak hits 17 PressPass

European health officials tracking one of the worst E. coli outbreaks on record might never know where it came from. It's a sad fact of life in food poisoning cases: There often is no smoking gun.

By David Rising and Mike Stobbe , June 01, 2011

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Europeans trade blame over E. coli outbreak that has killed 14 people

Europeans traded blame Monday over the source of a mysterious bacterial outbreak that has killed 14 people and sickened hundreds across the continent and forced Russia to ban imports of some fresh vegetables from Spain and Germany out of fear they could be contaminated.

By Veronika Oleksyn and Don Melvin , May 30, 2011

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2 more Germans die of E.coli infection PressPass

German news agency DAPD reported that two more women died Saturday and almost 300 are sick with hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) in recent days. HUS is a rare complication arising from an infection most commonly associated with E. coli, a bacterium found in undercooked beef or contaminated food.

By Associated Press , May 28, 2011

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