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Seeds germinated in Lower Saxony, the possible origin of E. coli

Seeds germinated in Lower Saxony could be a source of E. coli bacteria outbreak linked to Europe, which resulted, according to a new balance, with 22 deaths, announced Sunday, the Minister of Agriculture of Lower Saxony, Gert Lindemann.

He added that there is still no definitive evidence to confirm this hypothesis.

"But indications are strong enough to recommend consumers to abandon their consumption for now," said Lindemann, int-ro press conference in Hanover.

Result of laboratory analysis will be available until Monday, but the Ministry of Agriculture said that the current trail leads to a producer in Uelzen region, which sells seeds germinated in Germany, but also working with other European countries or the Far East.

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) announced that 22 people died in Europe due to enterohaemorrhagic E. coli illness, 21 of the deaths being registered in Germany. In EU countries there were 1605 cases of contamination through Sunday, and 658 individuals have hemolytic and uremic syndrome.

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ECDC announced and four new cases of disease in the United Kingdom and one from Denmark. Sweden also announced a new case of illness, total number of cases in this country reached 47.