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Organic Spanish cucumbers have been linked to the bacterial outbreak (Photo: Emily Barney)

Cucumber deaths provoke outbreak of EU bickering

by Andrew Willis, Brussels,

Accusations and counter-accusations continue to be exchanged across Europe as the region struggles to tackle a lethal outbreak of enterohaemorrhagic E.coli linked to contaminated cucumbers, which has so far left 14 people dead in Germany.

Hundreds more are sick due to the highly-virulent bacterial strain, with confusion over the exact source prompting health experts to predict a further rise in numbers. Suspected cases of sickness have been reported in Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Britain...

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Organic Spanish cucumbers have been linked to the bacterial outbreak (Photo: Emily Barney)

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