LONDON (AP) -- Health experts warn there could be more E. coli cases across Europe and elsewhere after finding that recent deadly outbreaks were probably linked to contaminated Egyptian fenugreek seeds.
They say the fenugreek seeds are likely to blame for a massive food poisoning outbreak in Germany in May that killed at least 47 people and infected over 4,000 people, as well as a much smaller outbreak in France in June.
If the sprout seeds were infected during production, they could have been dried before distribution, allowing the bacteria to survive for years.
European experts are trying to trace where the suspected Egyptian seeds may have been sold -- but warn some of the contaminated sprouts could still be on the market.
