https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed A Spanish company is suing the city of Hamburg for more than €2 million after its cucumbers were wrongly blamed for a deadly E.coli outbreak last spring, officials said Thursday. https://www.thelocal.de/20111222/39679 Thu, 22 Dec 2011 14:39:00 +0100 39679 A farm in Lower Saxony, which was the origin of the E. coli outbreak in Germany that killed 53 people, has been cleared to reopen. https://www.thelocal.de/20110715/36307 Fri, 15 Jul 2011 10:31:00 +0200 36307 The European Food Safety Agency on Tuesday strengthened its claim that a batch of fenugreek seeds imported from Egypt was likely behind the deadly E. coli outbreak that killed 50 people, most of them in Germany. https://www.thelocal.de/20110705/36085 Tue, 05 Jul 2011 13:58:00 +0200 36085 Fenugreek seeds exported from Egypt to France and Germany may have caused an E. coli outbreak that has killed 48 people in Europe, the European Food Safety Authority reported. https://www.thelocal.de/20110630/35979 Thu, 30 Jun 2011 08:20:00 +0200 35979 A strain of E. coli bacteria which killed dozens of people in Germany is a genetic mix whose ability to stick to intestinal walls may have made it so lethal, a study in The Lancet said on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20110623/35843 Thu, 23 Jun 2011 11:45:00 +0200 35843 As Germany’s deadly E. coli outbreak slowly peters out, Health Minister Daniel Bahr says he’s concentrating on streamlining how healthcare providers report and track diseases to be better prepared for the future. https://www.thelocal.de/20110617/35717 Fri, 17 Jun 2011 10:29:00 +0200 35717 Hamburgers possibly made with German meat are being removed from supermarket shelves across France after six children were hospitalized with E. coli infections. But the bacteria appears unlinked to Germany's deadly outbreak. https://www.thelocal.de/20110616/35705 Thu, 16 Jun 2011 15:27:00 +0200 35705 German vegetable growers who have seen their businesses badly hit by the EHEC E.coli outbreak as people avoid cucumbers, tomatoes and lettuce, have been told they will get half of what they have lost in governmental aid. https://www.thelocal.de/20110615/35657 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 10:53:00 +0200 35657 The German authorities on Tuesday said a two-year-old boy became the first child to die in an outbreak of a virulent strain of E. coli bacteria, taking the death toll to at least 37. https://www.thelocal.de/20110614/35635 Tue, 14 Jun 2011 10:30:00 +0200 35635 Karl Lauterbach, health spokesman for the opposition Social Democrats, has warned that some of those who have fallen ill in the E. coli epidemic could face severe health problems. https://www.thelocal.de/20110612/35615 Sun, 12 Jun 2011 14:48:00 +0200 35615 German officials say that the likely source of the deadly E. coli epidemic, a vegetable sprout farm in Lower Saxony, will probably not face criminal prosecution. https://www.thelocal.de/20110611/35603 Sat, 11 Jun 2011 16:04:00 +0200 35603 German officials on Friday said they had found the first direct evidence of deadly E. coli bacteria on vegetable sprouts thought to have killed 33 people and left over 3,000 ill. https://www.thelocal.de/20110610/35583 Fri, 10 Jun 2011 11:54:00 +0200 35583 The death toll from an outbreak of killer bacteria centred on Germany jumped to at least 30 on Thursday, as EU and Russian leaders got ready to cross swords over Moscow's ban on EU vegetables. https://www.thelocal.de/20110609/35553 Thu, 09 Jun 2011 10:56:00 +0200 35553 German Health Minister Daniel Bahr said on Wednesday the nation's authorities expected more deaths from E. coli bacteria, but there were signs the virulent outbreak was peaking. The EU has called for Germany to accept outside help. https://www.thelocal.de/20110608/35525 Wed, 08 Jun 2011 11:00:00 +0200 35525 Germany's killer bacteria outbreak has people running scared in the northern city of Lübeck, where restaurants are empty and vegetables, blamed for the contamination, are withering away at market stalls. https://www.thelocal.de/20110608/35531 Wed, 08 Jun 2011 13:46:00 +0200 35531 The death toll from an outbreak of E. coli bacteria poisoning centred on northern Germany rose to 24 after two women, aged 88 and 74, died in Lower Saxony, authorities said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20110607/35509 Tue, 07 Jun 2011 16:37:00 +0200 35509 After mistakenly blaming Spanish cucumbers and organic sprouts for a deadly E. coli outbreak, criticism of the German authorities is mounting. The Local looks at who’s handling the health crisis. https://www.thelocal.de/20110607/35513 Tue, 07 Jun 2011 18:26:00 +0200 35513 Officials insisted Tuesday morning that the bean sprouts from a Lower Saxony farm are still chief suspects in the deadly E. coli outbreak, despite the first batch of laboratory tests turning up negative. https://www.thelocal.de/20110607/35501 Tue, 07 Jun 2011 10:32:00 +0200 35501 Germany will maintain a health warnings for sprouts as well as tomatoes, lettuce and cucumbers despite initial negative tests for deadly E. coli bacteria, Agriculture Minister Ilse Aigner said Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20110606/35477 Mon, 06 Jun 2011 10:17:00 +0200 35477 Bean sprouts have emerged as the new chief suspect in the hunt for the cause of the deadly E. coli bacteria outbreak, with health authorities issuing a fresh warning on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.de/20110605/35475 Sun, 05 Jun 2011 16:24:00 +0200 35475