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Contaminated seeds on market for next 3 years

11th July 2011

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) task force report on the recent E.coli outbreak states that the apparent source of the contamination (a shipment of fenugreek seeds from Egypt) has been scattered all across the continent, making recall tricky and new outbreaks likely until the seed packets reach their expiration date in three years.

The shipment of 15,000 kg (33,000 lbs) was containerized at the port of Damietta in Egypt, shipped by boat to Antwerp in Belgium, went by barge to Rotterdam in the Netherlands where it passed customs, and then was trucked to Germany. There, an importer broke up the shipment as follows:

10,500 kg to a single German distributor;
3,550 kg to nine other German companies;
400 kg to a company in England
375 kg to a Spanish company;
250 kg to an Austrian distributor that sold the entire lot to a single Austrian company;

When investigators followed the seeds sales into the companies records, they realized how much more complex the trail was going to get and consider that the only protection may be the seeds own shelf life - which should be up to 5 years from original packaging. As they were first shipped 2 years ago, that means there are 3 years to go (if they were properly labeled).

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Contaminated seeds on market for next 3 years

11th July 2011

Fresh Produce Consortium criticises UK Government

8th July 2011

Nigel Jenny, CEO of the Fresh Produce Consortium (FPC) has criticised the UK government for what it describes as a damaging and misleading response to the deadly European E.coli crisis that has left this country's fresh produce industry in turmoil. ... ...read on

The European Food Safety Authority publishes report on E. coli O104:H4 outbreak

8th July 2011

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) Task Force, established to coordinate investigations to track down the possible source of the French and German outbreaks of E. coli O104:H4, has concluded that one lot of fenugreek seeds imported from Egypt and used ... ...read on

British growers suffer significant losses

4th July 2011

With the wholesale market for salad crops effectively collapsing and growers forced to dump high quality produce by the truckload, it is becoming clear that Germanys E.coli outbreak will end up costing the British horticulture industry millions of pounds. ... ...read on

E.coli in bottled water

4th July 2011

Czech food and agriculture authorities have found E.coli in bottled water. A total of 33,000 bottles of the Aquila Aquilinea water have been seized back by the Karlovarske Mineralni Vody Company, which has also issued a warning against consuming water... ...read on

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