The E.coli bacterium would not be in germinated seeds

In spite of the various explored tracks, l' origin of the contamination by the E.coli bacterium remains mysterious. The first test carried out on germinated seeds, a time shown of the finger, appeared negative.

The bacterium, which has fact 23 died in Europe, remained always imperceptible Monday, the first tests on germinated seeds d' a farm bio German s' being revealed negative. Whereas the hospitals confirmed a stabilization of l' epidemic, a new victim was recorded, a nonagenarian deceased Friday of the continuations d' a haemolytic and uraemic syndrome (SHU), serious renal disorders caused by the enterohemorragic E.coli bacterium (Eceh). It s' acts of the 23e death in Europe, including 22 in Germany. Suédoise contaminated at the time d' a stay in dead Germany east last week. Hospitals of the North of the country, principal hearth d' infection, evoked a reduction of the number of new patients, according to the Minister for the Health of the Schleswig-Holstein, Heiner Garg. The university private clinic of Hamburg-Eppendorf raised as for it, " at much of (its) patient a stabilization grandissante" of l' health condition. L' precise origin of this contamination remained however always also dubious. The first results of tests on taking away carried out in a farm bio producing seeds germinated in Lower Saxony (northern) appeared negative. " For the moment, the source (of the contamination) n' could not be given. On the 40 taken samples, 23 analyses gave négatifs" results; , the ministry of l' announced; Agriculture of l' Regional state. Results of the 17 other samples taken on the goods but also l' water, the system d' ventilation or stalls of l' biological exploitation of Bienenbüttel, a small village located at 80 km in the south of Hamburg, are awaited soon. L' company produces varieties of germinated seeds (broccoli, radish, mustard,…) or of bean starts-up (mungo, azuki…), primarily for salads. She works with seeds in source d' Germany but also d' other European countries, and d' The Far East. The German Minister for Health, Daniel Bahr, had however evoked Sunday of strong presumptions as for these germinated seeds. The minister German of l' Agriculture, Ilse Aigner, repeated that the believed cucumber and salad, tomato, germinated seed consumption would remain strongly disadvised as long as the source would not be identified. The German health authorities had before blamed of the cucumbers produced in Spain, which appeared without danger. These charges had caused a diplomatic mini-crisis between Berlin and Madrid, which claimed " extraordinaires" assistances; of l' EU like " dédommagement". The European commission has d' elsewhere announced Monday its intention to propose compensations with the farmers whose sales crumbled. This help will be discussed Tuesday during the extraordinary meeting of the ministers of l' Agriculture in Luxembourg. In 1996, a similar epidemic had burst in Japan, making more than 10.000 patients and causing the death of eight d' between them. In the seven following years, 14 people were to die with the course d' sporadic epidemics. The Japanese health authorities had d' access suspected of radish seeds germinated, but any proof n' had finally come to support these charges and l' origin of l' epidemic n' established forever. The European commission had indicated Sunday evening that l' Germany should soon launch a warning on seeds germinated via the European system d' fast alarm. L' Spain took Monday a revision of the mechanism d' alarm food European, and known as to await explanations of the German authorities on their management of l' business.