05-29-2011, 03:14 PM
Czech officials said 120 organic Spanish cucumbers suspected of contamination by a potentially fatal bacteria were being pulled off shelves.
Health authorities in Austria said small numbers of the cucumbers were being recalled from stores there.
The Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety said it had issued an immediate recall of the cucumbers that also applies to tomatoes and eggplants. The agency said that some of the vegetables may have been sold and it is urging consumers to throw them away.
The Czech Agriculture and Food Inspection Authority said cucumbers from a contaminated shipment also went to Hungary and Luxembourg. There were no immediate reports of illness there.
The cucumbers transited Germany, where at least nine people have died and almost 300 have been sickened by hemolytic uremic syndrome. HUS is a rare complication arising from infection associated with the E. coli bacterium.
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Health authorities in Austria said small numbers of the cucumbers were being recalled from stores there.
The Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety said it had issued an immediate recall of the cucumbers that also applies to tomatoes and eggplants. The agency said that some of the vegetables may have been sold and it is urging consumers to throw them away.
The Czech Agriculture and Food Inspection Authority said cucumbers from a contaminated shipment also went to Hungary and Luxembourg. There were no immediate reports of illness there.
The cucumbers transited Germany, where at least nine people have died and almost 300 have been sickened by hemolytic uremic syndrome. HUS is a rare complication arising from infection associated with the E. coli bacterium.
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