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A Hamburg official defended her decision last week to link the German E coli outbreak with Spanish cucumbers (Photo: Market Manager)

Germany retracts link between E coli and Spanish cucumbers

by Andrew Willis, Brussels,

Germany has conceded it is unsure whether Spanish cucumbers are the source of the country's recent E coli outbreak, fanning a pan-European row as plummeting vegetable sales continue to hurt producers.

Meanwhile the death toll continued to rise on Tuesday (31 May), with a Swedish woman succumbing to the bacteria after returning from a visit to Germany where 15 people have died.

Officials in the northern German city of Hamburg said fresh tests carried out on Spanish cucumbers, ini...

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A Hamburg official defended her decision last week to link the German E coli outbreak with Spanish cucumbers (Photo: Market Manager)

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