E. coli

A group of 48 families have filed a 250-million-euro civil suit for gross negligence against Nestlé France over the poisoning of dozens of children, two of whom died, with the E. Coli bacteria after eating pizzas manufactured by the food giant's susbsidiary Buitoni.  

Nolan Moittie, 10, who was left paralysed with severe nerve damage as well as diabetes after eating beef burgers infected with Escherichia coli bacteria which were sold as frozen goods in a Lidl supermarket in north-east France in 2011, died at the weekend.

Contaminated fenugreek seeds from Egypt are identitified as a possible source of the devastating recent E. coli outbreaks in Germany and France.

French authorities said Sunday that the latest outbreak of a deadly strain of E. coli in Europe, in Bordeaux, appeared to be isolated.

Seeds from UK mail order company may be linked to an E. coli outbreak in France, says French secretary of state for consumer affairs.