Food safety
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Food safety: ‘Meat: from fraud to health warning’
15 February 201332 5PresseuropLe Soir -
EU budget: Françoise-Antoinette
12 February 2013228 The Times London -
Romania, United Kingdom: ‘Romanians are not to blame for the arrival of horsemeat in England’
12 February 201316 1PresseuropEvenimentul zilei -
E.coli: Seen from Africa
15 June 201123 Le Monde Paris -
Food: Suspect number 3
10 June 201179 SME Bratislava -
E.coli panic: Madrid accuses Brussels of stinginess
8 June 20111PresseuropLa Razón -
E.coli crisis: Hamburg — agony of the big city
7 June 2011104 Süddeutsche Zeitung Munich -
Food: Deadly bacteria - German weakness
7 June 2011PresseuropDe Volkskrant -
Food: A new suspect
6 June 201130 De Standaard Brussels -
Germany: Not killer cucumbers, but bean-sprouts
6 June 2011PresseuropDie Welt -
E.coli: New food scare, same old mistakes
3 June 2011168 2 De Standaard Brussels -
Health: Living dangerously
1 June 2011100 Le Monde Paris -
Food: Killer cucumber, a European panic attack
1 June 2011247 2 Presseurop -
Spain: Agriculture victim of the killer cucumbers
31 May 20112PresseuropEl Mundo
Hamburg, at the epicentre of the food crisis brought on by the EHEC pathogen, has run up the epidemic flag: the blood supply is running out, and vegetables are rotting unsold. ‘We’re still alive,’ hisses the vendor in her market booth. A report.
There is no doubt that E. coli bacteria are dangerous. But the panic stricken response of authorities and consumers to the current outbreak of infections is largely pointless. A Belgian editorialist complains about the damage not only to the European economy but also to the spirit of Europe.
After helping to fuel the controversy, the European press is speculating on the public psychosis associated with the EHEC bacteria.