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Germany will issue a warning to Europe: The Origin of E. coli illness, germinated seeds produced in Lower Saxony

Germany will use the European rapid alert system to launch a warning about the possibility of germinated seeds produced in Lower Saxony have been the origin of the disease with enterohaemorrhagic E. coli bacteria, said the European Commission.

At this stage, there will be about a European alert addressing some of the products, as was the case of Spanish cucumbers, initially considered as a potential source of disease, said Frederick Vincent, spokesman for the Health Affairs Committee .

"The German authorities announced on Sunday we were only going to broadcast early warning system for food (RASFF), information available about the suspicions of a germinated seed producer," he said.

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The European Commission has not yet been officially notified about this subject.

The regional authorities of Lower Saxony said that illnesses recorded in Europe could have originated in germinated seeds produced in northern Germany. According to the latest assessment, 22 people died in Europe from enterohaemorrhagic E. coli contamination in 21 of these deaths being registered in Germany.