Related: Sunday Globe Special: European Fast
Time for me to take one from the Boston Globe.
"Germans retract E. coli report; No link found to sprouts yet" by Juergen Baetz, Associated Press /
June 7, 2011
HAMBURG, Germany — First they pointed a finger at Spanish cucumbers. Then they cast suspicion on sprouts from Germany. Now German officials appear dumbfounded as to the source of the deadliest E. coli outbreak in modern history, and one US researcher called the investigation a “disaster.’’
Backtracking for the second time in a week, officials yesterday said preliminary tests have found no evidence that vegetable sprouts from an organic farm in northern Germany were to blame.
The U-turn came only a day after the same state agency, Lower Saxony’s agriculture ministry, held a news conference to announce that the sprouts appeared to be the culprit in the outbreak that has killed 22 people and sickened more than 2,330 others across Europe, most of them in Germany, over the past month....
In outbreaks, it is not unusual for certain foods to be suspected at first, then ruled out.
Honestly, I'm sick of the corporate media and their $ophistry.
In 2008 in the United States, raw tomatoes were initially implicated in a nationwide salmonella outbreak. Consumers shunned tomatoes, costing the tomato industry millions. Weeks later, jalapeño peppers grown in Mexico were determined to be the cause.
In 2006, lab tests mistakenly pointed to green onions in an E. coli outbreak at Taco Bell restaurants in the United States. Investigators also considered cheddar and ground beef as the source before settling on lettuce.
Yeah, they ALWAY$ $TAY AWAY from the MEAT as the culprit.
With the culprit in the European crisis still a mystery, authorities stopped short of giving sprouts a clean bill of health. Agriculture Minister Ilse Aigner of Germany reiterated the warning against sprouts, as well as tomatoes, cucumbers, and lettuce.
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I'm sorry I'm not into consuming BG s*** as enthusiastically as I once was, readers.
It's hard to believe, but the lying, agenda-pushing AmeriKan media is getting wore as it self-destructs.
