Anyone for cucumber sandwiches?
- 3 June 2011 06:07108723It would appear that the strain of E-coli thats currently knocking Europe for 6 and has claimed 18 lives is a completely new strain and 'could' originate from european cumbers,toms and lettuce.Germany has been the hardest hit.
I think I'll stick to fresh Jersey produce for the time being...just to be on the safe side.
Are you still eating cucumbers etc?Marek
I think therefore I am (not a Tory supporter) - 3 June 2011 06:38108727It also appears that Germany has mis-diagnosed the E-coli source and it is not now attributed to Spanish cucumbers or other Spanish produce.
Spain I understand is going to sue Germany for this mishandling as it has cost their economy millions and millions of Euros.
I understand that they don't know the source yet, so that is very worrying. I understand that Sweden and other European countries, including Britain, have people very ill with E-coli; all the people ill, have been to Germany. We have one dead I understand.
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3 June 2011 07:03108728think its 2 died
but blimey i like cucumbersALL POSTS ARE MY OWN PERSONAL VIEWS - Keith Sansum1
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3 June 2011 07:32108735ROGER;
On news today
it's 18 people died so farALL POSTS ARE MY OWN PERSONAL VIEWS - 3 June 2011 08:26108737Yes indeed 18 people dead Keef. A terrible business this, a total new strain of Ecoli and until they find the source of it we all better be careful. Wash everything thoroughly including your hands is the message from the experts.
Although 7 cases have been reported here in the UK they didnt originate here. The people involved have all returned from Germany. So the source of the outbreak at this stage is in Germany only.email: dover7@msn.com - 3 June 2011 10:43108753I was referring to how many had died in Britain, not Germany - that's why I said "we" have one dead.
Roger - 3 June 2011 17:05108783Still plenty of people buying salad and veg in Morrisons today, but it is worrying till they know where it surfaced from we just have to be vigilant.
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3 June 2011 18:01108788All that is known for sure at the moment is
a) it is a very rare strain of E-Coli
b) it is particularly virulent
c) it seems to be disproportionately affecting women
d) it does not seem to have "spread" to young children
From the latter 2 known facts it has been assumed that the "source" is one or more salad vegetables; but that has NOT been confirmed"Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today." - James Dean
"Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength,
While loving someone deeply gives you courage" - Laozi - 3 June 2011 18:41108790The cucumber crisis is karma wielding its cosmic vengeance upon vegetarians who have insisted that they are the earthly embodiment of all that is healthy, people who eat meat have claimed.
The kinds of foods that vocal vegetarians repeatedly declared to be the fountain of all vitality have recently been exposed as the source of at least ten or less deadly diseases.
Brow-beaten meat lovers are now convinced that the benevolent Buddha is finally allowing them to get their own back in what is fast becoming known as 'the cucumber karma'.
"I didn't believe in karma because I eat meat," Dave Matthews admitted. "But I'm beginning to like this idea that the past deeds of vegetarians are heavily penalised."
"Especially as my friend Byron had been relentlessly badgering me about the supposed side effects of eating three times my own bodyweight in processed offal every week."
"So it looks to me like Buddha's boomerang will be heading his way when I start bending his ear," Mr Matthews added, "unless he tells me that E.coli is just another type of his 'friendly bacteria'."
Many vegetarians have weighed up the evidence - particularly the irrefutable evidence emerging from Germany - and decided to ditch their dangerous lifestyles in favour of eating animals that have been made safe in abattoirs.
"I've gone straight onto the Atkins diet and I feel great," Roslyn Peterson, a former über-vegan, declared. "And I look even better now that I've got the colour back in my cheeks and those dark circles back under my eyes."
"My farting average is back within reason,too," she continued. "And thanks to the decaying corpse that has taken up residence in my lower intestine, they smell a whole lot worse."
"So I can now give my boyfriend his very own cosmic comeuppance."
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I think therefore I am (not a Tory supporter) - 3 June 2011 23:50108818I only buy lettuces that have the Union Jack picture on the packet, so I feel safe!
I had purchased an organic cucumber that didn't have this picture frame, ate half of it, then E. Coli broke out (never heard of him before), and my sister advised me to throw the other half away, so I flung it in the bin.
Better to stick to British products!Chanters, Drums and Drones Potty Time http://youtu.be/99fMqpjnXYA
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4 June 2011 07:55108827alex,i hate to disapoint you but just because it has a british flag on the packet dosent mean the produce inside is british. - Jan Higgins
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4 June 2011 08:08108828Exactly Brian, it just means it was processed or packaged in the UK, always look for the country of origin label.-----------------------------------------------------------------------
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------------------------------------------------------------------- - 4 June 2011 11:06108844listened to an expert this morning who believes the bacteria could actually be in the vegetable, therefore washing will do nothing to stop the chances of contracting the illness.
- 4 June 2011 17:56108875I should be ok, I detest green vegtables
Seriously though it's scary stuff. - 5 June 2011 11:58108941Gm perhaps?? if it's "in the vegetables" - maybe modified with genes from E-Coli !!!!
It is certainly worrying.---------------------------------------------------
Lincolnshire Born and Bred - 5 June 2011 12:03108943Paul,
where can I get a family size delivery of Pot Noodles? - Jan Higgins
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5 June 2011 17:33108966It is now reported that the outbreak in Germany might have been caused by locally grown bean sprouts.-----------------------------------------------------------------------
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------------------------------------------------------------------- - 5 June 2011 17:41108967Surprised that it wasn't from an E. Coli-flower!Chanters, Drums and Drones Potty Time http://youtu.be/99fMqpjnXYA
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6 June 2011 17:22109078Not the bean sprouts after all. I would have thought they should have found the common denominator by now.
The guessing that has been going on about the source of the outbreak has cost Spain millions in lost sales and reputation.-----------------------------------------------------------------------
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------------------------------------------------------------------- - 6 June 2011 22:07109126just been sent a message that suggests it is all back to cucumbers again.
5 women in germany, 4 women in holland, 3 women in belgium and a chap in brighton have all been affected.
don't see the connection myself.