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Friday, May 27, 2011

Ireland : FSA warns retailers of contaminated cucumbers

Via RTE News :

" The Food Safety Authority is contacting all retailers, suppliers and caterers in relation to an outbreak of E Coli in Germany to ensure there is no contaminated product here.

The Food Safety Authority has said it is in the process of contacting all retailers, suppliers and caterers in relation to an outbreak of E Coli in Germany to ensure there is no contaminated product here.

More than 200 people have been affected by the outbreak of E Coli in Germany and four people have died.

Cases have also been reported in Sweden, Denmark, Britain, and the Netherlands.

A spokesperson for the Food Safety Authority said there is no indication that there is any of the product in Ireland at this stage.

They also said the majority of cucumbers being sold here are Irish.

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre said there are no cases in Ireland of the E Coli strain."

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